HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY  FOR  THE  AMERICAN  PEOPLE




                                               A  Report  to



                                     PRESIDENT-ELECT JOHN F. KENNEDY




                                                  by the

                                 TASK FORCE ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY



                                        Wilbur J. Cohen, Chairmn
                                Professor of Public Welfare Administration
                                        The University of Michigan
                                            Ann Arbor, Michigan



                Dean A. Clark, M.D.                        Robert E. Cooke,  M.D.
                General Director                           Professor of Pediatrics
                Massachusetts General Hospital             Johns Hopkins University
                Boston, Massachusetts                      School of Medicine
                                                           Baltimore, Maryland

                James Dixon, M.D.                          Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D.
                President                                  Professor of  Genetics
                Antioch College                            School of Medicine
                Yellow Springs,  Ohio                      Stanford University
                                                           Palo Alto,  California

                Herman M.  Somers,  Ph.D.                  Elizabeth Wickenden, Acting Director
                Chairm3an and Professor                    Project of Public Services for
                  Department of Political Science           Families and Children
                Haverford College                          New York School of Social Work
                Haverford,   Pennsylvania                  Columbia University, New York City





                                              January lo, 1961


















                                     Introduction


                  The Task Force on Health and Social Security was appointed
          by President-Elect Kennedy to review from among the most pressing
          and significant health and welfare proposals those which should
          have priority in the initial phase of the new Administration.

                  The recommendations of the task force consist of the
          following proposals:


                          A.  MEDICAL AND RFAT-TH PROGRAMS
                  1.  Medical Care for the Aged and Other Social Security
                     Beneficiaries

                  2. Medical Education and Medical Manpower

                  3. Medical Research

                  4. Medical Care Facilities

                  5. Establishment of a National Academy of Health
                  6. Creation of a National Institute of Child Health


                  B. SERVICES FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN An OLDER PERSONS
                  7. Assistance to Children of an Unemployed Parent
                  8. Preparation of a Family and Child Welfare Services Plan
                  9. Strengthening and Streamlining Administrative Organization
                  The task force has had available to it the public recommendations
         of various  groups, and a substantial body of data, including the
         information and conclusions in the following official reports which
         have been of inestimable value to it in making its recommendations:














               1.  Federal Support of Medical Research:  Report of the
        Committee of Consultants on Medical Research to the Senate Committee
        on Appropriations (The Jones Report), 1960.

               2.  Physicians for a Grovigg America:  Report of the SurEeon's
        Generalls Consultant Troup on Medical Education (The Bane Report), 1959.

               3.  The Advancement of Medical Research and Education Through
        thne Department of Health, Education and Welfare (The Bayne-Jones Report),
        1958-
               4.  Hospitalization Insurance for OASDI Beneficiaries:  Report
        Submitted to the Committee on Ways and Means by the Secretary of Health,
        Education, and Welfare (The Flemming Report), 1959.

               5.  Report of the Advisory Council on Public Assistance (The
        Mitchell Report), 1960.

               6.  Report of the Advisory Council on Child Welfare Services
        (The Kidneigh Report), 1959.

               7.  The Condition of American Nursing Homes, A Study by the
        Subcommittee on Problems of the Aged and Aging of the Senate Committee
        on Labor and Public Welfare (The McNamara Committee), 196o.
               8.  RAeport of the Special Committee on Unemployment Problems',
        86th Congress, 2nd Session, Report No.1206 (The Eugene Mc Carthy Committee),
        1960.

               The Task Force urges the favorable consideration of the proposals
        discussed in this report.





















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