Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill
The Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill was a 1945 proposal to institute a national medical and hospitalization program. Senator Robert F. Wagner (D-New York), Senator James E. Murray (D-Montana), and Representative John D. Dingell, Sr. (D-Michigan) introduced it to the 79th United States Congress on November 19, 1945.[1] The bill, part of President Truman 's Fair Deal program,[2] was not passed. It is notable as an effort for health care reform in the United States.
History
[edit]A similar bill of the same name was introduced in 1943 but not enacted. The 1943 attempt was distinct.[3]
Society and culture
[edit]Henry Kraus' book, In the City was a Garden, is about experiences of the resident's council of a World War II Garden Apartment (FHA) housing project for the war effort in San Pedro Ca. Chapter VI - Kaleidoscope of Change, gives an extended account of attempts to provide medical clinics in the projects and the California Medical Association response against what it called "government medicine." From a historical perspective, it is an interesting read on that subject and others of the time period.
References
[edit]- ^ "National Health Program" (PDF). Congressional Record - Senate: 10789–10795. November 19, 1945. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Truman, Harry S. (1956). Years of Trial and Hope. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co. pp. 17–23. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ Smith, Donald W. (November 1945). "The Wagner Murray Dingell Bill (1943) - Senate Bill 1050 H.R. 3293". The American Journal of Nursing. 45 (11).