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    Hospital Survey and Construction Act (Pub. L. 79–725, 60 Stat. 1040, enacted July 13, 1946), commonly known as the HillBurton Act, is a U.S. federal law passed...
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    elderly. It also extended and strengthened the 1946 HillBurton Act. Community Mental Health Act United States Department of Health and Human Services...
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    1950s, Hill criticized US President Dwight Eisenhower's attempts to reduce hospital funding that had been granted under the Hill-Burton Act. Hill strongly...
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    offered to increase accessibility of services. The passage of the HillBurton Act in 1946 provided federal funding for hospital construction, and Medicare...
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    represents 55% of emergency room care, and 6% of total hospital costs. The Hill-Burton Act of 1946, which provided federal assistance for the construction of...
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    Survey and Construction Act (Hill-Burton Act) PL 79-725 1949: Hospital Construction Act PL 81-380 1950: Public Health Services Act Amendments PL 81-692 1955:...
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  • Daniel attended Milton Academy and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He married Polly Bennett in 1986, on the 67th wedding anniversary of his...
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    passing, or passing the buck, or sometimes (playing) the blame game, is the act of attributing to another person or group one's own responsibility. It is...
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  • supported the construction of rural hospitals, paving the way for the Hill-Burton Act in 1946. Following World War II, the foundation supported the development...
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    Medal of Freedom shall be awarded to any one person, but for a subsequent act or service justifying such an award a suitable device may be awarded to be...
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