"socialism" may have been the instrument, but why did the AMA use it to scare people out of supporting Truman's plan? Because they felt the plan encroached on t

"socialism" may have been the instrument, but why did the AMA use it to scare people out of supporting Truman's plan? Because they felt the plan encroached on their power. That's why the AMA advocated for expanded private insurance---as a bulwark against government takeover of medical care. So it may be that the "P" word is more important: "protectionism". See http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/06/christy_ford_ch.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/06/christy_ford_ch.htm...