Oral history interview with William Reidy, 1966.

Scope and Contents

University of Wisconsin, 1934; Farm Security Administration, California , 1940; health programs, group health contracts; health insurance adviser to Senator James Murray, 1945; health reforms during the Truman administration; American Medical Association position on compulsory health insurance; Wagner-Murray bill; National Council of Senior Citizens; co-operation with Robert McNamara; impressions of Isidore Falk, Wilbur Cohen, and others.

Subjects

• American Medical Association.
• Corning, Peter A., 1935- interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Government executives--United States--Interviews.
• Health insurance.
• Health services administrators--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• National Council of Senior Citizens.
• Oral histories.
• Reidy, William--Interviews.
• Social security--Law and legislation.
• United States. Social Security Administration.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1983.