Health Service Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Health Service Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to create a United States Health Service to provide without charge to all residents comprehensive health care services delivered by salaried health workers and emphasizing the promotion and maintenance of health as well as the treatment of illness. Title I: Establishment and Operation of the United States Health Service - Establishes as an independent agency of the executive branch the United States Health Service. Directs the President to appoint a 21-member Interim National Health Board of the Service. Directs the Board to establish, within six months of such appointment, health care delivery regions throughout the United States. Requires each region to: (1) be appropriate for the effective planning and delivery of health care and supplemental services for its residents; (2) have a population between 500,000 and 3,000,000 (with specified exceptions); and (3) take into account economic or geographic barriers and differences in needs between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas. Directs the Board to appoint a nine- member interim regional board for each region. Limits to three the members of such board who are or have…