MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FILES, 1944-1972, bulk: 1960-1972
Dates
- 1944-1972
- Majority of material found within 1960-1972
Scope and Contents
Summary: Documentation of the League's involvement in the establishment of health insurance for the indigent and elderly at the state and federal levels.
Document types include resolutions, government publications, manuals, statements, pamphlets, press releases, news clippings, copies of proposed and actual legislation, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newsletters, and lists.
Seventy-five percent of the series documents League President Susanna Zwemer's service on the New Jersey Medical Assistance Advisory Council (1969-1971), the body which oversaw the implementation of Medicaid in New Jersey.
Also documents the League's support for health insurance legislation for the elderly, including the Social Security Amendments Bill of 1945 (Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill), culminating in the establishment of the federal Medicare program in 1965.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
(1 cubic foot)
Conditions Governing Access
No Restrictions.
Arrangement
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject heading and thereunder chronologically.
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository