Harry S. Truman Versus the Medical Lobby

Download or read book Harry S. Truman Versus the Medical Lobby written by Monte M. Poen and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I have some bitter disappointments as President,” reflected Harry 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 is a study of one aspect of Harry Truman’s domestic leadership and the political conflict it produced. In the book, author Monte Poen examines Truman’s quest for national health insurance in the light of the ongoing debate on the subject in this century. It reveals why Truman was the first president to advocate government-financed health care and why he repeatedly took the idea to Congress, despite insurmountable political obstacles.