A similar bill of the same name was introduced in 1943 but not enacted. The 1943 attempt was distinct.[3]
Society and culture
Henry Kraus' book, In the City was a Garden, is about experiences of the resident's council of a World War II Garden Apartment (FHA) housing project for the war effort in San Pedro Ca. Chapter VI - Kaleidoscope of Change, gives an extended account of attempts to provide medical clinics in the projects and the California Medical Association response against what it called "government medicine." From a historical perspective, it is an interesting read on that subject and others of the time period.
References
^"National Health Program"(PDF). Congressional Record - Senate: 10789–10795. November 19, 1945. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^Truman, Harry S. (1956). Years of Trial and Hope. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co. pp. 17–23. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^Smith, Donald W. (November 1945). "The Wagner Murray Dingell Bill (1943) - Senate Bill 1050 H.R. 3293". The American Journal of Nursing. 45 (11).