Health/PAC records Bulk, 1965-1977 1945-1985

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Health/PAC records Bulk, 1965-1977 1945-1985

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The Health Political Advisory Center, a health advocacy and research organization, was based in New York City and active from 1968 until 1977. The policies advocated by Health/PAC were largely left-wing and socialist health care programs, with special attention given to national health insurance, patients’ rights, and health care for disadvantaged, minority, and/or immigrant populations. The main purpose of Health/PAC was to spread information and foster activism through publications, conferences, and other events. Health/PAC published a variety of pamphlets, newsletters, bibliographies, and two books: (1971) and (1976). The organization's newsletter, , was published regularly from 1968 until the late 1990s. After Health/PAC closed in 1977, 's publication was carried out by a volunteer board of editors. This collection contains papers relating to Health/PAC’s primary functions and operation. The materials date from 1945 to 1985, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1965 to 1977. This collection includes research on various health and health care issues gathered by Health/PAC, Health/PAC’s newsletter ( ), and correspondence with doctors, activists and politicians. Though the organization was based in New York City, Health/PAC was interested in health and health care globally, the materials collected by the organization reflect that interest, with records covering health care events and issues throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. Of particular interest are the materials about changes in women’s health care during this time period; mental health and the treatment of mental illnesses; drug abuse; the Marxist, Socialist, and Communist movements within the United States and their relationship to health care issues; and specific health events that occurred during the 1960s and 1970s, such as Legionnaire’s Disease and the swine flu outbreak of 1976. The American Health Empire Prognosis Negative The Bulletin The Bulletin The Bulletin

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