Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
HEALTH INSURANCE
Digests of resolutions adopted by the
Central Conference of American Rabbis
between 1889 and 1974
1. We approve the Wagner and Murray Senate Bill 1050 which seeks to extend
social
insurance to 15 million persons excluded under existing laws and to provide
for the
extension of much-needed health facilities for the nation. (1945, p. 122)
2. Despite the great progress made in medicine in our country, masses of
Americans
are not receiving adequate medical care. Every individual should have access
to medical
care and the most advanced medical research regardless of his economic
circumstances. The federal government must therefore assume a responsible role
in the field of public
health through a system of compulsory national insurance. It is our considered
judgment
that among the various proposals before Congress, President Truman’s
recommendations come closest to satisfying the needs of our country today, and
are in keeping
with the social ideals we cherish. We strongly urge their enactment into law.
(1949,
p. 188)
3. See Individual Rights, Sec. 1 (1953).