The American Historical Review · 1980 · 43 citations · 0 references
Health AdministrationHealth ReformLawMedicare PolicyHealth PoliticsHealth LawPolicy AnalysisMedical LobbyMedical LawManaged CarePublic HealthInsurance RegulationsInsuranceHealth Services ResearchHealth Insurance ReformPublic PolicyHealth PolicyHarry S. TrumanHealth InsuranceMonte M. PoenNational Health InsuranceMedical EthicsHealth EconomicsHealth Policy InitiativeMedicine
I have some bitter disappointments as President, reflected Truman after leaving office, but the one that has troubled me the most in a personal way, has been the failure to defeat organized opposition to a national compulsory health-insurance program. Harry S. Truman versus the Medical Lobby by Monte M. Poen examines proposals for national health insurance from 1914 to 1965 focusing on Truman s efforts during his presidency.