 The AMA conducted a nationwide campaign called Operation Coffee Cup during the late 1950s and early 1960s in opposition to the Democrats' plans to extend Social Security to include health insurance for the elderly, later known as Medicare.As part of the plan, doctors' wives would organize coffee meetings in an attempt to convince acquaintances to write letters to Congress opposing the program.In 1961, Ronald Reagan recorded a disc entitled "Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine" warning its audience the "dangers" that socialized medicine could bring.