Franklin Delano Roosevelt : the enigmatic angler
Harry S. Truman : we'll take the starch out of them; eventually
Dwight D. Eisenhower : compassionate conservative
John F. Kennedy : the charismatic with a stricken father
Lyndon B. Johnson : the secret history of Medicare
Richard Nixon : a flower that bloomed only in the dark
Jimmy Carter : the righteous engineer
Ronald Reagan : socialized medicine and the working stiff
George Herbert Walker Bush : stick to the running game
Bill Clinton : kicking the can down the road
George W. Bush : bring it on : reforming Medicare.
The heart of power : health and politics in the Oval Office by David Blumenthal. ISBN 9780520260306. Published by University of California Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.