1946 SENATE HEARINGS-Early Healthcare Debate NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM- Bill S1606

Description: Rare Book Post WW2 1946 Hearings Before the Committee on Education and Labor -United States Senate -National Health Program- - Seventy-Ninth Congress- Second Session -Includes Health Professionals Input -........Box 15: nationalhealth This item has a 3 day Shipping/Handling time to allow for careful packaging. When possible, it will ship earlier. PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOS AND READ "CONDITION" BELOW BEFORE PURCHASE. 1906 pages of fascinating transcript from the Hearings on the National Health Program-a subject that has come up numerous times in the past 75 years. During the 79th Congress the Senate Committee on Education and Labor held 35 days of public hearings on S. 1606 from April to July of 1946.Great historical background for the armchair historian. History of the National Health Act Introduced by Sen. Robert Wagner initially as S. 1050 to the 79th Congress (1945-1946) with financing, and introduced later without financing as S. 1606 to the same Congress, then by Sen. James Murray as S. 1320 to the 80th Congress (1947-1948). Companion legislation was filed by Rep. John Dingell initially as H.R. 3293 to the 79th Congress (1945-1946) with financing, and later without financing as H.R. 4730 to the same Congress. After proposing an “economic bill of rights” during his State of the Union speech in January 1944, President Roosevelt at long last gives his administration the green light to push ahead with national health reform, convening a Health Program Conference in New York City. In April 1945 Roosevelt dies and his VP Harry Truman becomes President just as WWII is coming to an end. Senators Wagner and Murray and Rep. Dingell file an early version of their National Health Act in May 1945 as S. 1050 and H.R. 3293, but as both bills contain financing proposals, they are sent to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Ways & Means Committee, where they meet a cool reception and poor chances of a public hearing. Far from shying away from FDR’s health program, in November 1945 President Truman proposes a national health program in a speech to Congress. Wagner, Murray, and Dingell decide to strip the National Health Act of financing details, and resubmit their bill as S. 1606 and H.R. 4730, allowing the Senate bill to be referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, which is chaired by Senator Murray, who launches extensive hearings in April through July of 1946. Republicans, led by Senator Taft, walk out of the hearings when Sen. Murray asks that participants not inaccurately describe the proposal as socialist or communist. With significant opposition from the medical industry, no chance in the House, and some internal divisions within the Truman administration about how the program should work, Sen. Murray closed down the hearings and shelved the bill for the next session. Republicans swept the 1946 elections, gaining veto-proof majorities in both houses, and hold their own hearings in the Senate, where Murray’s re-filed National Health Act (S. 1320) is also discussed, but has no chance of passage. CONDITION: Spine is curved, top/bottom and edges of the softcovers are split away from the spine, with bottom left corner broken off, the others badly bumped.The back cover has many scrapes and missing chips along the edges.Covers have age spots, age darkening and heavy age wear/marks. Heavy wear and aging/age darkening to most of the pages.Interesting reading!! May have numerous finger smudges/age spots or foxing. The precise color of the items may vary depending on the specific monitor,the settings and the lighting conditions.The item's color as depicted in this listing should only be used as a guide, as you

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