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President Truman’s Fight for National Health Insurance, 1949-1953

This collection focuses on President Harry S. Truman's fight to pass a National Health Insurance law during the second term of his presidency. The collection includes 74 documents totaling 74 pages covering the years 1945 through 1953. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts and public papers.

Truman speaks at National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, June 22, 1951.

Documents

Displaying 1 - 74 of 74 documents

1945

Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Ambassador John G. Winant
File Memo
Letter from Charles Herbert Church to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William Hassett
Letter from F. C. LeBlond to President Harry S. Truman
Letter from I. Duke Avnet to President Harry S. Truman, with Reply from William Hassett
Letter from Murray W. Latimer to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Memorandum from Dr. Thomas Parran to William Hassett, with Attachments
Telegram, George F. Addes to President Harry S. Truman
Telegram, Thurgood Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Reply from William Hassett

1946

Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Senator James Murray
Letter from W. I. Sargent to President Harry S. Truman

1947

Correspondence Between Charles G. Ross and Paul B. Magnuson, with Attachment
Correspondence Between Ernst P. Boas and Senator J. Howard McGrath
Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Lewis Moorman
Draft of Message to Congress
Health Insurance Fact Sheet
Letter from Senator James E. Murray to Senator J. Howard McGrath, with Attachment
Memorandum from Clark M. Clifford to President Harry S. Truman
Memorandum, "Facts about S. 545 (The Taft-Ball-Smith-Donnell Health Bill)"
Memorandum, "Public Health"
Message from the National Physicians Committee
Press Release, Statement of Senator Robert A. Wagner
The National Health Insurance Act, 1947, Summary of Provisions

1948

Correspondence Between Clark M. Clifford and Mary Lasker, with Attachments
Handwritten Notes by President Harry S. Truman for Speech to National Health Congress
Letter from William C. Black to President Harry S. Truman, with Reply from Charles G. Ross

1949

Correspondence Between Harry S. Truman and Albert D. Lasker
Correspondence Between Matthew J. Connelly and Charles S. Murphy, with Related Materials
Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Harris B. McDowell, Jr., with Related Material
Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman to Oscar R. Ewing, with Attachment
Letter from Armstead Brown to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, with Reply from William D. Hassett
Letter from John L. Thurston to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Material
Letter from Ted McCastlain to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment and Reply from William D. Hassett
Press Release, Democratic National Committee
Press Release, Statement by Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing