Date: November 2, 1972
Time: 6:00 pm – 6:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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[Conversation No. 32-154A]
[See Conversation No. 390-14C]
John D. Ehrlichman’s return call
[End of conversation]
The President talked with Ehrlichman between 6:00 pm and 6:04 pm.
[Conversation No. 32-154B]
[See Conversation No. 390-14D]
The President’s speech on health care
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Inclusions
-Health maintenance organizations [HMO’s]
-The President’s opposition
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Deletions
-HMO’s
-Ehrlichman’s opposition
-Cole
-National health insurance
-The President’s program compared with George S. McGovern’s
-The President’s program
-Scope
-Private insurance
-Value
-The President’s view
-Revisions in legislation
-Doctors and socialists
-Motives
-The President’s view
-Competence
-The President’s view
-Administration review of topic
-Announcement
-The President’s commitment
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-Legislation before Congress
-Revisions
-Welfare reform