Abstract
Thirteen issues involved in King-Anderson-type legislation were discussed in a speech on April 20, 1963, before the National Legislative Conference<sup>1</sup>: Semantic double talk vs the truth Compulsion vs voluntarism Economic status of the aged Voluntary vs government enterprise Socialist health care vs the free-market approach Federal vs federal-state financing for the needy Federal vs voluntary financing for the nonneedy The moral issue—use of heavy regressive taxes on younger workers to pay for health-care costs of the elderly, rich and poor alike Payroll taxes vs personal and corporate income taxes in financing federal health care of the elderly The federal government and the states Quality care and political medicine The political issue—winning the votes of the elderly The cost issue These are all of continuing importance, but in the weeks that lie ahead, the following deserve special
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