February 18, 1971
I AM PROPOSING today a new national health strategy. It helps more people to pay for care--but it also expands the supply of health services and makes them more efficient. It emphasizes keeping people well--and not just making people well.
The purpose of this program is simply this: I want America to have the finest health care in the world--and I want every American to be able to get that care when he needs it.
Note: The President read the statement for sound and film recording in the Family Theater at the White House.
Richard Nixon, Statement About a National Health Strategy Proposal Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/240691