By Dr. Dean and Mrs. Clark
Medical Director, Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York
(Published January 1946)

Is Health Your Own Business or the Nation’s?

• Modern medicine comes high
• Health, wealth, and geography
• Health services are unorganized
• What’s to be done?

What Do People Propose To Do About The Situation?

• Hands of Government!
• Voluntary insurance
• Government aid for special programs
• A nation-wide health program
• Why national?

What Are the Pillars of a National Health Program?

• Distribution of costs
• Facilities and personnel
• Organization of services
• Group practice
• A network of hospitals
• Administration
• Incomes of physicians
• Research and education
• The OSRD report

Has A National Health Program Been Put Before Congress?

• The First Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill
• Reaction to the bill
• The new Wagner-Murray-Dingell bills
• Summary of opinion
• The Hill-Burton Hospital Construction Bill

What Is the A.M.A. Program?

What Are the Main Issues?

To The Discussion Leader

• How can you plan a discussion meeting?
• What kind of discussion works best?
• Can discussion handbooks be helpful?
• Questions for discussion

For Further Reading