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Technical Committee on Medical Care meets to push for healthcare reform.

Date: 1937

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This federal committee is founded after Roosevelt decides not to propose a medical care program as part of Social Security. The committee will build out a strategy for an expanded public health and hospital infrastructure.

The work will be largely disbanded with the next presidential election, but its research provides a clear snapshot of healthcare at the time.