Conversation Details
Bureau of the Budget director Kermit Gordon updated President Johnson on changes to the Hospital Survey and Construction Act of 1946, better known as the Hill-Burton Act. The program it created had played a central role in expanding the nation’s hospital capacity in suburban and rural areas but would now focus on the modernization of existing hospitals, particularly in urban areas.
Date:
August 4, 1964
Topic:
Health Policy
Location
Oval Office
Conversation
WH6408-05-4670
Conversation Participants
Presidential Daily Diary Excerpt
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