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Publish Date: 1954/07/31
Volume: 155, Issue: 14, Pages: 1240-1240
Abstract
It is not at all surprising that the general public and the medical profession are confused by the pros and cons that have been voiced concerning the reinsurance proposals introduced in Congress at the request of the administration Reinsurance a technical term has been distorted as it has been used to define current legislation Recent pronouncements by the administration and the heated debate last week in the House of Representatives also suggest that a restatement of the general purposes of the bills and the stand of the medical profession is in orderThe two bills H R 8356 and S 3114 dealing with this subject were introduced by the chairmen of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee and the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee respectively at the request of the administration Briefly these bills would do two things First they would authorize the Secretary of the Department of
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