Single payer, universal coverage: an idea from 1945

That’s absolutely true, and I have it directly from theoriginal informationhoused at the Truman Library. For you youngsters … that’s President Harry S. Truman, the guy who took over when Roosevelt died. It was a bold plan, even for that time, but one that addressed urgent needs across the country.

Whatever happened to that plan?

Well, along came the American Medical Association hand in hand with the Cold War, as it was being whipped up by Republican rightwingers … like Joseph P. McCarthy.

“I recommend solving the basic problem by distributing the costs through expansion of our existing compulsary social insurance system. This is not socialized medicine.” President Truman

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