Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill
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The Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill was a 1945 proposal to institute a national medical and hospitalization program. Senator Robert F. Wagner (D-New York), Senator James E. Murray (D-Montana), and Representative John D. Dingell, Sr. (D-Michigan) introduced it to the 79th United States Congress on November 19, 1945.[1] The bill, part of President Truman 's Fair Deal program,[2] was not passed. It is notable as an effort for health care reform in the United States.