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Harry S. Truman versus the medical lobby : the genesis of Medicare
- Author / Creator
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Details
- Creator
- Monte M. Poen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri, 1996
- ©1979
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780826261342, 0826261345, 0826210864, 9780826210869, 9780826210869, 9780826210869
- OCLC
- ocn874147595
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Early Conflicts over Health Security, 1915-1941 -- 2. A Presidential Health Program: From FDR to HST -- 3. An Uncertain Beginning, 1946 -- 4. A Trying Time, 1947 -- 5. Politics and Health: The 1948 Presidential Campaign -- 6. A Testing Time, 1949 -- 7. Politics, Then Health: The Medicare Compromise -- 8. The Reality: From HST to LBJ -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Subjects
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- National health insurance -- United States -- History.
- Medicare -- History.
- Health insurance -- United States -- History.
- Politics and government.
- Health insurance for ages, Title 18 -- history
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- Politics
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- National Health Insurance, United States -- history
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- United States
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