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Focuses on the public health proposal under the New Deal program of social legislation in the U.S. Concern of the American Medical Association in maintaining the quality of medical care; Conflict between organized medicine and the proponents of social insurance; Public spending for the compulsory health insurance; Improvement in the health services accessibility; Effect of the scheme of public medicine to the advancement of medical practice.

The article reports on the changes of the practice of medicine in the U.S. that created a breach in the traditional doctor-patient relationship. It cites the result of a medical research which reveals that doctors have become preoccupied with the diseases than with the patients. This was backed by the concurring statement of Dr. Martin Cherkasky of Bronx's Montefiore Hospital in New York City. Also noted is the introduction of specialization in medicine and its effect on the practice.

The article focuses on the book "American Medicine: Expert Testimony Out of Court." It is no slight to the medical profession that the American Foundation has found it necessary to make a survey of medical care as it stands today. The growth of large cities with their typical diseases, the advance of science and changing economic conditions have all had their effects on the practice of medicine. Physicians cannot escape his environment. Although the foundation fully appreciates that medical care is as important to the public as to the medical profession, it has made its survey through eyes of the physician.

The article reports on the boom in the group practice of medicine in the U.S. in November 1945. It says that one of the best known examples of group medicine is the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, which have been pushed hard during the war. The author adds that Mayo Clinic has been looking for a continued expansion, which includes the construction of a building within four to five years. The definition of group medicine, the other major examples of group medicine and the factors that make medical care more widely available are also discussed.