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THE CLARK REPORT ON HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS
Editors: JOHN P. HUBBARD, M.D..
AN OBJECTIVE and factual study of existing health insurance plans, authorized somewhat over a year ago by the Senate, has been released by the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee. The report was prepared by a special staff working under the direction of Dr. Dean A. Clark, Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital. In submitting the report to the Senate, Senator Lehman (N.Y.) stated:
"Your Subcommittee on Health regards it as the most complete, unbiased, and definitive compilation of data on the subject currently available anywhere. We believe it represents an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of the problems of health insurance. We think it will prove of great value to doctors and laymen concerned with the extension and expansion of health insurance programs and to legislators concerned with the many-sided problem of how the people of America can best finance their participation in our American system of medical care.
"Nevertheless, the Subcommittee on Health wants it clearly understood that the report does not set forth any recommendations for legislation directly affecting the economics of medical care and that it represents the findings of Dr. Clark and his associates rather than the opinion of the subcommittee or any of its members."
Summary of Findings
Number of People Enrolled




