TRENDS
THE MAGNUSON COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHILD HEALTH
Editors: JOHN P. HUBBARD, M.D..
THE Report of the President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation has already received a great deal of attention in both medical journals and the lay press. Its recommendations are far-reaching: federal aid to medical education "to supplement, not replace, state appropriations and private gifts" under conditions in which "the preservation of the administrative autonomy of the schools must be secured"; "an adequate system of hospitals and related health facilities to serve all of our people in both urban and rural areas"; federal subsidies for prepayment medical care plans and the expansion of group practice; and the creation of a cabinet-rank Department of Health and Security. The report reviews existing health conditions and outlines general and specific proposals aimed at "the building up of our health resources in terms of training more health personnel and providing more physical facilities."
It is not our purpose to review the report as a whole, but more particularly to call attention to those parts which deal especially with children. At the same time it should be recognized that almost every section of the first volume published under the title of "Building America's Health" has implications for the health of children. Here are some of the things the report says:
