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In reply to the discussion: Harry Truman on The GOP, something that we should all remember [View all]YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)25. Truman also tried to get us ''universal'' health insurance.
Back in 1945 a mere seven months into a presidency he inherited from Franklin D. Roosevelt Truman proposed a universal national health insurance program. In his remarks to Congress, he declared, Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health. Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness. The time has arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and that protection.
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And Truman was the last of nine presidents, including Washington and Lincoln,..
maddiemom
Nov 2019
#16
Always good to see him calling it out plain and simple, but this is so deflating
Cosmocat
Nov 2019
#13