This collection focuses on President Harry S. Truman's efforts to pass a National Health Insurance law during the second term of his presidency. The collection includes documents covering the years 1945 through 1953. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts and public papers.
President Truman’s Fight for National Health Insurance, 1949-1953
Documents
1945
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Letter from Murray Latimer to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 19, 1945 (NAID: 296762041)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Unemployment Insurance; Social Insurance, 1945-1947, OF 121a (NAID: 725757)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Ambassador John G. Winant (NAID: 169049082)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Mary Lasker, with Attachment, December 1945 (NAID: 169049073)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)
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Letter from Harold T. Low to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply by Surgeon General Thomas Parran, with Internal Memoranda (NAID: 169049058)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Socialized Medicine, OF 286a (NAID: 726488)