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The Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill calls for health insurance supports to be added to the Social Security Act.

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The bill does not pass. It is one in a long line of similar acts attempting to push for equitable healthcare. The bill fails to pass in part because the proponents fall victim to "red-baiting" and anti-Communist rhetoric.