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Avram Yedida was a highly regarded health care economist and a revered pioneer of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program. His story recounts his humble beginnings in Tel Aviv up to his collegiate and professional success in the Bay Area. Applying library research methods at Kaiser Shipyard, Richmond, 1941; health plan: early years, 1942-1945, trial-and-error period, 1945-1950; non-acceptance of black patients at Bay Area hospitals, and opening up health plan membership: prepayment and collection methods; lobbying Congress on health benefits for federal workers; significance of Federal Employees Health Benefits Act; negotiated prepaid group plans, 1950-1985.