Oral history interview with Kenneth Williamson [electronic resource], 1967

Scope and Contents

California health insurance program, 1930-33; work with Blue Cross and American Hospital Association; impressions of American Medical Association leaders; Wagner-Murray bill; work with federal government, 1945-67; Health, Education and Welfare; Public Health Service; Forand bill; Medicare; President John F. Kennedy's concern for health programs and aid to the aged; Special Committee on Aging. Impressions of Nelson Cruikshank, Andrew Biemiller, Nelson Rockefeller, Wilbur Cohen, Wilbur Mills, Alanson Willcox, and others.

Subjects

• American Medical Association.
• Corning, Peter A., 1935- interviewer.
• Government executives--Interviews.
• Health insurance.
• Interviews.
• Medicare.
• Oral histories.
• Public health personnel--Interviews.
• Social security--Law and legislation.
• United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
• United States. Public Health Service.
• Williamson, Kenneth--Interviews.