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Harry Truman: Every American should have the right to adequate medical care and to adequate protection from the economic threat of…

On the recordMay 18, 1947
Every American should have the right to adequate medical care and to adequate protection from the economic threat of sickness.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on Health and Disability Insurance.

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