RT Journal
T1 THe wagner bill for medical care
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD March 11
VO 112
IS 10
SP 997
OP 997
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800100107011
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800100107011
AB On February 28 Senator Wagner of New York introduced into the Senate of the United States a bill, S. 1620, entitled A Bill to provide for the general welfare by enabling the several states to make more adequate provision for public health, prevention and control of disease, maternal and child health services, construction and maintenance of needed hospitals and health centers, care of the sick, disability insurance, and training of personnel. The bill had been announced again and again in newspaper publicity since the day when Congress convened. Much secrecy surrounded its preparation and development. Apparently up to the moment of its introduction even Mr. Wagner himself and his office were not sure as to just what the bill would include. On one day the press would state that it was proposed to include compulsory sickness insurance. A few days later it would be rumored that such inclusion was not