Harry Truman proposed passing a “health care for all” plan that would be supported by payroll taxes. Politics-as-usual prevented two such bills from even making it to a vote. In his memoirs Truman wrote, “I have had some bitter disappointments as President but one that has troubled me most, in a personal way, has been the failure to defeat organized opposition to a national compulsory health insurance program.” The most powerful opposition to Truman’s efforts came from the American Medical Association, which feared the President was endorsing socialized medicine.