Socialized medicine

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Socialized medicine is a somewhat pejorative phrase first popularized in 1920s and 1930s United States politics by conservative opponents of publicly operated health care, proposed during the administration of U. S. President Franklin Roosevelt and later championed by U. S. Sen. Spessard Holland of Florida, Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and many more.A brief background is provided by See the section "History of American Health Reform Efforts." Articles critical of [Morris Fishbein] and the [American Medical Association] show intensity and polarization associated with this topic. Organizations that generally oppose expansion of government services still tend to use the phrase in that way. However, others have pointed out that the United States government already operates public health care. That approach to health care is provided by U. S. Veterans Administration clinics and hospitals to former members of U. S. military services.For comparison of the largely private U.S. health care system with the public health care system of Canada, see

See also

• Health care system
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Publicly-funded health care
• Public health

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