Social Security Administration project

Public health specialist, medical economist. Topics include: early interest in health insurance; teaching at University of Chicago and service on Chicago Board of Health, 1923-1929; Committee on Costs of Medical Care; effect of recommendation for group practice and group payment; voluntary vs. compulsory insurance; New Deal and background of Social Security legislation; Technical Committee and Advisory Council, Committee on Economic Security; Social Security Board, 1936; National Health Survey, 1935-1936; National Health Conference, 1938; Technical Committee on Medical Care; legislative efforts to explore and expand role of federal government in health insurance. Impressions of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, Frances Perkins, Arthur Altmeyer, Edgar Sydensticker, and many others.