{'fraction_non_alphanumeric': 0.016552511415525113, 'fraction_numerical': 0.007990867579908675, 'mean_word_length': 5.172535211267606, 'pattern_counts': {'":': 0, '<': 0, '<?xml version=': 0, '>': 0, 'https://': 0, 'lorem ipsum': 0, 'www.': 0, 'xml': 0}, 'pii_count': 0, 'substrings_counts': 0, 'word_list_counts': {'cursed_substrings.json': 0, 'profanity_word_list.json': 0, 'sexual_word_list.json': 0, 'zh_pornsignals.json': 0}}
The Great Debate II: Pharmaceutical Implications

A most recent incident, emphasizing this situation to pharmacists, was the appearance of the president of the American Medical Association and the Undersecretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on the program of the annual meeting of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. last month. Both discussed the programs of national health insurance now before Congress. The "Medicredit Program" sponsored by the AMA did not appear to appeal strongly to DHEW and it seems clear that neither the Administration nor the Congress will be satisfied with programs that provide only for payment plans. They interpret the current public demand as one for universal medical care of high quality and ready availability, as well as provisions for payment to suit the social and economic circumstances of all who need it. In retrospect, we can now see that the Committee's perspective on organization for the provision of medical care and linkage with group payment of the costs was more important than its other generic or specific recommendations. In the almost 40 years which have elapsed since the publication of the Committee's Report we have passed through the great depression of the early thirties; enacted the Social Security Act of 1935 and later Amendments leading to Medicare and Medicaid; enacted two major revisions of our Food and Drug laws; and experienced strenuous attempts to enact a national health insurance program (Wagner bill, S1620) following the National Health Conference of 1938. We have also lived through World War II and its aftermaths, including Korea and Vietnam, all of which have profoundly affected our current social climate.