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Posted by: Jeff Davis 3/18/2008

In 1961, then private citizen Ronald Reagan partnered with the American Medical Association to record this 10 minute speech that was to become part of what was known as Operation Coffee Cup (OCC).  OCC was a campaign conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) in opposition to the Democrats' plans to extend Social Security to include health insurance for the elderly, later known as Medicare.  As part of the program, doctors' wives would organize coffee meetings and play the Reagan recording to convince acquaintances to write letters to Congress opposing the program. Reagan's arguments against socialized medicine ring as true today as they did over 40 years ago. Minnesota state legislators pushing for increased government involvement in health care should take a moment to reflect on Reagan's comments.

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Re: Reagan on Socialized Medicine    By DrJonz on 3/20/2008
My God I had forgotten how well Reagan could make a clear, concise, inarguable speech like that. So easy on the ears. Point after point. He's still speaking to us on the same issue 47 years later. Thank you for posting this. It felt like a clean shower of reason.


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