Harry Truman actually said...

National health insurance is the most effective single way to meet the Nation's health needs.

Our public health services--federal, state and local--provide our greatest and most successful defense against preventable diseases.

A national health insurance program is a logical extension of the present social-security system which is so firmly entrenched in our Americ...

Every American should have the right to adequate medical care and to adequate protection from the economic threat of sickness.