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Lawmakers press plan for separate Cabinet health department
Democratic leaders and presidential hopefuls introduced legislation to create a Cabinet level Department of Health to oversee expanded health programs including Medicare and Medicaid. Sen Ribicoff and Rep Rogers call HEW too large and propose a ten year plan with a health planning commission to set national goals.
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Washington
Congressional Committees On
Department of Health
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
John F. Kennedy
Edward M. Ken
Nedy
DeMass
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
Capitol Hill
House
Robert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund Muskie
Maine
George McGovern
South Dakota
Henry M. Jackson
Ribicoff
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Kennedy
Rogers
Health Department
Health Agency
Commission On Health Planning
Ribscoff