RT Journal
T1 ORganization section
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1949
FD September 24
VO 141
IS 4
SP 269
OP 269
DO 10.1001/jama.1949.02910040031012
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02910040031012
AB Washington Letter 
    (From a Special Correspondent)Sept. 19, 1949.Sixteen House Members Study Health Plans Abroad 
    Nine Democratic and seven Republican members of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce are members of the Congressional party which on September 12 began a two week tour to study government medical care systems in Europe. In the group are Representatives Crosser (Ohio), Beckworth (Texas), Klein (New York), Sullivan (Missouri), McGuire (Connecticut), Underwood (Kentucky), Biemiller (Wisconsin), Linehan (Illinois) and Wilson (Oklahoma), all Democrats, and the following Republicans: Hall (New York), Dolliver (Iowa), Scott and Gillette (Pennsylvania), Bennett (Michigan), O'Hara (Minnesota) and Ellsworth (Oregon). Their first engagement in London was a conference with Health Minister Aneurin Bevan. Six of the sixteen members are on the subcommittee which handles health legislation: O'Hara, Gillette, Bennett, Scott, Biemiller and Wilson.Sickness Survey Bill Modified 
    The health legislation subcommittee of Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee has