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President Truman’s Fight for National Health Insurance, 1949-1953

This collection focuses on President Harry S. Truman's efforts to pass a National Health Insurance law during the second term of his presidency. The collection includes documents covering the years 1945 through 1953. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts and public papers.

Truman speaks at National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, June 22, 1951.

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1953

Undated

Photographs

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59-59 (untitled)

President Harry S. Truman with two Independence Sanitarium and Hospital nurses

59-59
66-7993 (untitled)

Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran in hospital bed in New York City

66-7993
59-249 (untitled)

Crowd in front of Washington Rehabilitation Center. Truman near doorway

59-249
59-248 (untitled)

Truman and others enter Washington Rehabilitation Center

59-248
59-246 (untitled)

Harry S. Truman shaking hands with man in Washington Rehabilitation Center

59-246
66-8594 (untitled)

Begum Liaquat Ali Khan visits a hospital for children

66-8594
66-8606 (untitled)

Begum Liaquat Ali Khan thanking a child for flowers

66-8606
66-8615 (untitled)

Begum Liaquat Ali Khan visiting Charity Hospital

66-8615
98-658 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital at the U. S. Marine Corps Training Base, Quantico, Virginia

98-658
2005-351 (untitled)

Former President Truman visits Walter G. Slagle

2005-351
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65-3855 (untitled)

Physical examination of World War I aviation recruits at the Episcopal Hospital, Washington, D.C

65-3855
99-331 (untitled)

Photo of General Jacob Devers as he visited Walter Reed Hospital

99-331
99-1387 (untitled)

Mrs. Harry Truman at Children's Hospital

99-1387
59-1428-1 (untitled)

Small girl with autograph from Harry S. Truman

59-1428-1
59-1429 (untitled)

Harry S. Truman at Georgetown University Hospital

59-1429
59-1428-2 (untitled)

Small girl with autograph from Harry S. Truman

59-1428-2
59-1454 (untitled)

Harry S. Truman at Georgetown University Hospital

59-1454
82-61-27 (untitled)

Bentley Morrow at Mount Vernon, Missouri

82-61-27
98-2488 (untitled)

A Building on the Grounds of the 27th General Hospital, a Former Japanese Hospital

98-2488
98-2489 (untitled)

A Former Japanese Hospital, Now Being Operated by the Occupation Forces

98-2489
2006-496 (untitled)

The Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri

2006-496
65-2182 (untitled)

White House Policemen Recover

65-2182
60-223 (untitled)

Unfinished hospital building in Pittsburg, Kansas

60-223
60-227-01 (untitled)

Sanitarium and Hospital, Independence, Missouri

60-227-01
60-227-02 (untitled)

Sanitarium and Hospital, Independence, Missouri

60-227-02
60-233 (untitled)

Truman visits Twin City Shrine Hospital

60-233
98-92 (untitled)

Photo of Four Chaplains Memorial Swimming Pool, Bronx Veterans Hospital

98-92
2007-652 (untitled)

White British Hospital Ship in Pusan Harbor

2007-652
2007-653 (untitled)

British Hospital Ship during Korean War

2007-653
2007-654 (untitled)

British Hospital Ship during Korean War

2007-654
96-1188 (untitled)

Dean Acheson shaking hands with a hospitalized Negro man

96-1188
2007-732 (untitled)

Hospital train during Korean War

2007-732
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61-173-24 (untitled)

Filipino nurses attend emaciated youth

61-173-24
2007-806 (untitled)

Officer's Row, Fort Bayard, New Mexico

2007-806
96-699-01 (untitled)

Francis P. Whitehair walks in front of the Administration Building, U.S. Naval Hospital, Miami, Florida

96-699-01
96-699-02 (untitled)

Under Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair shakes hands with young Marine

96-699-02
96-699-03 (untitled)

Under Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair shakes hands with military personnel

96-699-03
96-720-01 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital exterior view, Beaufort, SC

96-720-01
96-720-02 (untitled)

Under Navy Secretary Francis P. Whitehair at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina

96-720-02
96-720-03 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital dining hall, Beaufort, SC

96-720-03
96-720-04 (untitled)

U.S. Naval Hospital interior view, Beaufort, SC

96-720-04
96-720-05 (untitled)

Two unidentified workers at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Beaufort, SC

96-720-05
96-720-06 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital kitchen, Beaufort, SC

96-720-06
96-720-07 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital Library, Beaufort, SC

96-720-07
96-720-10 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital interior view, Beaufort, SC

96-720-10
96-720-11 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital interior view, Beaufort, SC

96-720-11
96-720-12 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital exterior view, Beaufort, SC

96-720-12
96-720-13 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital boiler room, Beaufort, SC

96-720-13
96-720-14 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital interior view, Beaufort, SC

96-720-14
96-720-15 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital interior view, Beaufort, SC

96-720-15
96-720-16 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital dining room, Beaufort, SC

96-720-16
96-720-17 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital interior view, Beaufort, SC

96-720-17
96-720-18 (untitled)

Maternity ward at U. S. Naval Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina

96-720-18
96-720-08 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital auditorium, Beaufort, SC

96-720-08
96-720-09 (untitled)

U. S. Naval Hospital interior view, Beaufort, SC

96-720-09
96-748 (untitled)

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair at a Navy hospital with unidentified men

96-748
2008-184 (untitled)

Bess Truman at Luncheon for Providence Hospital, Washington, D. C

2008-184
73-553 (untitled)

Truman leaving the hospital

73-553
98-1984 (untitled)

American Legion National Commander Paul H. Griffith Visits a Patient in a Veteran's Hospital

98-1984
2009-672 (untitled)

Wreckage in Peipiao Hospital, Manchuria

2009-672
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95-178-02 (untitled)

Former President Truman and Senator Dennis Chavez at the National Institute of Health

95-178-02
95-178-01 (untitled)

Former President Truman at the Clinical Center, National Institute of Health

95-178-01
95-178-05 (untitled)

Former President Truman Visits Senator Dennis Chavez at National Institute of Health

95-178-05
95-178-04 (untitled)

Former President Truman Shakes the Hand of Senator Dennis Chavez

95-178-04
95-178-03 (untitled)

Former President Truman and Senator Dennis Chavez at National Institute of Health

95-178-03
2012-223 (untitled)

Patients from the Naval Hospital at Bremerton, Washington, Line the Streets to see President Truman

2012-223
2012-218 (untitled)

President Truman meets Patients at the Veterans' Hospital in Seattle

2012-218
2008-1317 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Yalta During Russian Trip

2008-1317
2008-1327 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman and Wife Marie in Yalta

2008-1327
73-3737 (untitled)

Truman at Cornerstone Laying for the National Institutes of Health Clinic

73-3737
73-3738 (untitled)

Truman Speaking at Dedication of the National Institutes of Health Clinic

73-3738
73-3741 (untitled)

President Truman Laying the Cornerstone at National Institutes of Health Clinic

73-3741
73-3742 (untitled)

Crowd at National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Dedication

73-3742
73-3736 (untitled)

Truman Speech at National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

73-3736
73-3739 (untitled)

President Harry S. Truman Laying the Cornerstone for the National Institutes of Health Clinic

73-3739
73-3740 (untitled)

President Truman at the Cornerstone Laying Ceremony

73-3740
2013-714 (untitled)

Presentation Ceremony for Mobile X-Ray Unit

2013-714
2009-2185 (untitled)

Stacks of an Official Report on Tuberculosis with a Poster Behind Them

2009-2185
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2008-1314-05 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Sanitarium in Yalta During Russian Trip

2008-1314-05
2008-1315-32 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman and Wife Marie in Yalta

2008-1315-32
2008-1314-07 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Sanitarium in Yalta During Russian Trip

2008-1314-07
2008-1316-33 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Sanitarium in Yalta

2008-1316-33
2008-1314-06 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Sanitarium in Yalta During Russian Trip

2008-1314-06
2008-1318 (untitled)

W. Averell and Marie Harriman in Yalta During Russian Trip

2008-1318
2008-1314-04 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman in Dining Area While in Yalta

2008-1314-04
2008-1314-03 (untitled)

Dining Area in Palace/Sanitarium in Yalta

2008-1314-03
2008-1314-00 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman Seated at Desk at Yalta

2008-1314-00
2008-1314-02 (untitled)

Dining Area in Palace/Sanitarium in Yalta

2008-1314-02
2008-1326 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Yalta During Russian Trip

2008-1326
2014-874 (untitled)

Nurses Station, Toyo Kogyo Hospital

2014-874
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2014-873 (untitled)

Toyo Kogyo Hospital

2014-873
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2014-875 (untitled)

Toyo Kogyo Therapy Room

2014-875
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2008-1391-29 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman During 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union

2008-1391-29
2008-1391-28 (untitled)

W. Averell Harriman While on His 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union

2008-1391-28
63-1039-01 (untitled)

Pace Visits Letterman Army Hospital

63-1039-01
63-1039-02 (untitled)

Pace Visits Letterman Army Hospital

63-1039-02
63-1100 (untitled)

Secretary Pace With Injured Korean War Soldier

63-1100
2008-1793 (untitled)

Russian Sanitarium at Sochi

2008-1793
95-369 (untitled)

President Johnson and First Lady Mrs. Johnson Visit Former President Truman in the Hospital

95-369
72-109 (untitled)

Women Waiting at a Clinic in Tehran

72-109
2012-1120 (untitled)

White House Staff Member in the Naval Hospital

2012-1120
2009-2248 (untitled)

British-American Hospital under Construction in Madrid, Spain

2009-2248
2009-2246 (untitled)

Construction of British-American Hospital in Madrid, Spain

2009-2246
63-1387-23 (untitled)

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace Visiting Letterman Army Hospital

63-1387-23
64-274 (untitled)

President Harry S. Truman Visits Charles Corte In Hospital

64-274
2013-4233 (untitled)

Baguio General Hospital, Baguio City, Philippines

2013-4233
2013-4232 (untitled)

Quezon Memorial Hospital, Lucena, Quezon, Philippines

2013-4232
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2013-4248 (untitled)

Right Wing of Main Building, Philippine General Hospital, Manila

2013-4248
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2013-4247 (untitled)

Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Prior to Reconstruction

2013-4247
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2013-4249 (untitled)

Dispensary and Pharmacy Building, Philippine General Hospital, Manila

2013-4249
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93-22-02 (untitled)

President Truman at American Hospital Association Convention

93-22-02
93-22-01 (untitled)

President Truman Smiling and Waving From the Rear Platform as he Leaves

93-22-01
93-05 (untitled)

First Lady Bess Truman Arrives at Walter Reed Hospital

93-05
2016-37 (untitled)

Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman View Their First Grandchild in the Hospital

2016-37
70-3202 (untitled)

Philippine General Hospital in Manila

70-3202
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70-3201 (untitled)

War Damaged Philippine General Hospital in Manila

70-3201
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70-3227 (untitled)

Reconstructed Baguio General Hospital In the Philippines

70-3227
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70-3226 (untitled)

Reconstructed Quezon Memorial Hospital In the Philippines

70-3226
ca.
2017-916 (untitled)

Richard Beckman and Frank Cannon

2017-916