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April 12, 1949
AREA B.S. & ARCHIVES NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE" GOVERNMENT AND LIBRARY
My dear Ben:
Your letter of April first is most interesting.
The main difficulty is that you start off with
the wrong premise. Nobody is working for
socialized medicine - all my Health Program
calls for is an insurance plan that will enable
people to pay doctor bills and receive hospital
treatment when they need it.
I can't understand the rabid approach of the
American Medical Association - they have
distorted and misrepresented the whole program
so that it will be necessary for me to go out and
tell the people just exactly what we are asking
for.
I am trying to fix it so the people in the middle
income bracket can live as long as the very rich
and very poor.
1 am glad you wrote me because I think there are
a lot of people like you who need straightening out
on this subject.
Sincerely yours,
Harry.
Mr. Ben Turoff
Lees Summit
Missouri
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