Year

1960 (circa)

Video Details

26:00; color; sound; V-195 DA072; M89-17

Description

Sen. George Smathers discusses "The Florida Plan," an elderly healthcare program, with three Florida Doctors: Phillip Hampton, Edward Anise and Leo Raquel. They compare features of The Florida Plan with a new Social Security Health bill and explain why The Florida Plan is better. They also provide recommendations for improving medical care for the aged and needy. The segment also contains interviews with six elderly, Miami-area Florida Plan medical patients whom the interviewer assures are "on the road to recovery." Produced by the Senate Recording Studios.

Contributors

Senate Recording Studios

Corporate Subject

Social Security Administration
The Florida Plan (Healthcare program)

Geographic Subject

Florida
Miami
Washington (D.C.)

Personal Subject

Anise, Edward
Hampton, Phillip
Raquel, Leo
Smathers, George, 1913-2007

Subject

Healthcare
Interviews
Politicians
Politics
Promotional films