\"American Medical Association\" George Fister Signed 3X5.5 Card For Sale

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for sale a RARE! "American Medical Association" George M. Fister Hand Signed 3X5.5 Card. 

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Dr.

Fister, a urologist in Utah from 1928 to 1964, was the spokesman of the

American Medical Association in its unsuccessful fight against the Kennedy

Administration's program for Medicare. The group said the medical profession

“will not be a party to implementing any system which it believes to be

detrimental to the public welfare.” The target was the Administration's program

for Government‐controlled

health care for the aged financed by increased payroll taxes on workers and

employers. For many months, Dr. Fister criss‐crossed the country, living out of a suitcase while he addressed

medical meetings and civic, service and other groups in the fight against

Medicare. George Morgan Fister was born in Logan, Utah. He graduated from Utah

State Agricultural College in Ogden and Rush Medical College, then the

University of Chicago's medical school.