“To Congress this Monday President Truman recommended legislative action on a program which sounded like socialized medicine but which he insisted was not. Its main point: a compulsory national health insurance system to assure prepayment of medical costs under a plan which would leave patients free to choose their own doctors and hospitals. Premiums would be collected as social security taxes are.”
The Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill (1945) was Truman’s first attempt to intro-
duce government funding into the medical system.
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President Truman also fiddled around with the possibility of free college – this article can be read here
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