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American debate public versus private healthcare – archive, 24 October 1938

24 October 1938: US liberals say the health of the poor is an obligation of the government; the American Medical Association resists this tendency as leading towards ‘socialism’

A bitter public debate is in progress in the United States over the question of medical care for the poor. Broadly speaking, American Liberals are insisting that the health of the poor is an obligation of the Government. The American Medical Association, the powerful national society of physicians and surgeons, resists this tendency as leading towards “Socialism” and endangering the relation between doctor and patient.

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