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Committee for National Health Insurance, 1984-1991

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 9

Scope and Contents

see also Health Care 1989-1991; see also Health Care – National Coalition on Health Care; see also Health Care – National Leadership Coalition on Health Care Letter from director of Committee for National Health Insurance to Rep. John Conyers praising report by General Accounting Office on Canadian health insurance system, June 24, 1991; memo to committee Board of Directors re Gallup Poll of California residents showing support for national health insurance, May 7, 1990; letters re views of presidential candidates, May-July, 1988; letter re proposed legislation for Medicare catastrophic health insurance, April 9, 1987; statements of UAW and AFL-CIO officials re Medicare catastrophic health insurance before the House Ways and Means Committee, March 10, 1987; minutes of Board of Directors meetings of Committee for National Health Insurance and Health Security Action Council, October 28, 1986 & 87; letter re pain disability claimants under Social Security, improving Medicaid in NY, May 20, 1987; press release from Brooklyn D.A. Elizabeth Holtzman re program for workplace safety, January 27, 1987; letter to ILGWU president Sol Chaikin from Coalition for a National Health System re nonbonding referendum in Massachusetts overwhelmingly supporting national health care, February 13, 1987; press release announcing national conference planned for May 1987; brochure, “America’s Babies – Love ’em or Lose ’em,” comparing U.S. infant mortality rates with other countries, with cover letter, January 30, 1987; brochure, “Health Care in the United States: An Action Agenda for the 100th Congress,” Health Security Action Council and Save Our Security Coalition, with cover letter to newly elected congressmen, January 8, 1987, and letter to Mazur, January 9, 1987; correspondence between committee chair Douglas Fraser and Mazur re appointment to Board of Directors, and press release announcing appointment, October-November 1986; Statement on USHealth Act of 1986 by Douglas A. Fraser, chairman, Health Security Action Council, before the House Select Committee on Aging, September 12, 1986, with cover letter; agenda and material for Board of Directors meeting, October 28, 1986; letter from chairman re effect of tax reform on health and other social benefits, June 11, 1985; requests to Mazur for contributions; report to Mazur on meetings of November 5, 1986, and September 13, 1985; minutes of Board of Directors meetings of Committee for National Health Insurance and Health Security Action Council, February 8, 1984; letters re newspaper articles

Dates

  • 1984-1991

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for publication, are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the current date are open to researchers only with prior written permission from the Director of the Kheel Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are closed; the minutes of the General Executive Board are closed. For more information contact the Kheel Center.

Extent

39 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853