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.
Medical economists; Public health personnel; Health insurance; Social security--Law and legislation; New Deal, 1933-1939; Medicare; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; Falk, I. S. (Isidore Sydney), 1899-1984; United States. Social Security Board; United States. Social Security Administration
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1968
Physical Description
289 pages
Note (Biographical)
Public health specialist, medical economist.
Note
Interviewed by Peter A. Corning on July 28, 1965 and October 23, 1968.