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bills in three separate messages to Congress -- in 1945, 1947, and 1949.
Extensive hearings were held on these and other bills in the Senate,
the House, or both, in the years 1946-1949, but the establishment of
a national health ,insurance program received no further Congressional
action.
The Murray-Wagner-Dingell bills were omnibus proposals, containing
other programs in addition to health insurance, such as loans and grants
for health facilities, assistance for training health personnel, etc.
Various sections of these earlier bills have been incorporated into
health legislation enacted in the 1950s and 1960s. Since the late
1950s, proponents of national health insurance concentrated their at-
tention on the Medicare for the aged legislation, which was finally
enacted in 1965. Now, in a context of rising medical and hospital
costs and questions about our health services delivery system, a re-
newed effort on behalf of Federal legislation for a national health in-
surance program has been gaining momentum in Congress. Three separate
proposals for a national health insurance program have been introduced
into the 91st Congress.
In response to the increasing interest which has been focused4
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Cavalier, Kathleen. National Health Insurance Proposals and Their Alternatives, report, May 5, 1970; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038997/m1/4/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.