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| Title: | National Physicians' Committee for the Extension of Medical Service. Records |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1947-1949 |
| Manuscript Number: | Crerar Ms24 |
| Size: | 2.75 linear feet (6 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The National Physicians' Committee for the Extension of Medical Service was a lobbying organization affiliated with the American Medical Association, and supported by pharmaceutical concerns. In 1948-1949, the NPC attacked Truman-era national health care proposals, such as the Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill, and the federal security administrator Oscar R. Ewing's advocacy of compulsory health insurance. The records of the National Physicians' Committee for the Extension of Medical Service contain documents dating from 1948-1949, consisting mainly of newspaper clippings collected in the committee's library. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: National Physicians' Committee for the Extension of Medical Service. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The National Physicians' Committee for the Extension of Medical Service (also known as the National Physicians Committee, or NPC) was a lobbying organization affiliated with the American Medical Association, and supported by pharmaceutical concerns. In 1948-1949, the NPC attacked Truman-era national health care proposals, such as the Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill, and federal security administrator Oscar R. Ewing's advocacy of compulsory health insurance.
The records of the National Physicians' Committee for the Extension of Medical Service contain documents dating from 1948-1949, consisting mainly of newspaper clippings collected in the committee's library. Clippings are organized by subject into multiple alphabetical files, including one set of files on selected subjects; two sets of general files from 1948; and one set of general files from 1949. There are a small number of unsorted clippings. Also included in the collection are a file of news releases, and a study by Elizabeth W. Wilson titled "The Rhode Island Cash Sickness Compensation Plan."
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| Box 1 Folder 1 | Elizabeth W. Wilson, "The Rhode Island Cash Sickness Compensation Plan," study |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | News releases |
| Box 1 Folder 3-5 | American Medical Association, clippings |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | American Medical Association, health assembly, clippings |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Brookings Institution, clippings |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Cartoon contest, clippings |
| Box 1 Folder 9-10 | Communism, clippings |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Conventions, political, clippings |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Dewey, Warren, clippings |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Education, clippings |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Education, federal aid, clippings |
| Box 2 Folder 4-5 | Ewing, Oscar R., clippings |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Federal Lobbying Act, clippings |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | National Physicians Committee, clippings |
| Box 2 Folder 8-10 | 1948, A-E, clippings |
| Box 3 Folder 1-6 | 1948, F-U, clippings |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | 1948, U-Z, clippings |
| Box 4 Folder 2-6 | 1948, A-S, clippings |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | 1948, S-Z, clippings |
| Box 5 Folder 2-5 | 1949, A-Z, clippings |
| Box 6 Folder 1-2 | Unsorted clippings |