Evening star., 1938-01-23
GROUP MEDICINE
DISPUTE WILL Be
AIRED THIS WEEK
p. c. Society to Broadcast
First Program at 3 Pm.
Over VOL Today.
700 LEADERS TO ATTEND
TO TAKE PART IN FORUM
individuals Aligned With Health
Association May Participate,
but Not Officially.

Beginning with a radio discussion
this afternoon, the dispute over A1edi-
cal care, especially insurance or group
medicine. will be aired publicly in
several places this week, with pros
poets of debates in the future over
the controversy.
Today's program has been arranged
by the Medical Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia and will be broad
cast from its headquarters at l7l8
M street NV, starting at 3 pm, over
Radio Station VOL. Invited to the
occasion are more than 700 business
end professional leaders, citizens as
sociation officers, Government officials
and labor leaders.
Invited individuals from Group
Health Association. Inc, the en-
battled agency set up by Home Own
ers Loan Corporation to provide medi-
cal care for its own employees and
others since admitted to membership.
will attend in their individual capac-
ity. but will not represent G. H. A.
officially. 1t was not known last night
whether Group Health Association.
Inc, itself, the target Of severe attack
from the medical society. will be
brought specifically into the discus
sion.
Group Medicine" Assailed.
Official announcement by the medi-
cal society made no mention of Group
Health Association. Inc. but did men
ton the problem of group medicine. :"
After the formal program. the meet
Ing, originally designated as forum" !"
will be thrown open for questions and
discussion from the floor.
Ofiicials Of G. H. A. were indignant
last night that they had been invited
by form letters only to attend, but
were given no invitation to present
the case formally. As result, they
decided to make no official presenta-
tion at all
At the opening, brief addresses will
be delivered by DR.. Wallace M. Yater.
professor Of medicine at Georgetown
University Medical School, and DR..
Arthur G. Christie. With the assist
ance Of q panel of leading physicians,
these two will conduct the open dis
cusston. Physicians listed for the
panel include Drs. A. B. Bennett, Ray
mond Holden, Harry Fowler. F.. K.
McGovern, E. Kirby Smith, William
Mercer Sprigg, Charles Stanley White,
Prentiss Wilson, Russell Verbuckle,
William Herbst and Margaret MIC
olson.
Five Discussions Slated.
At least five other discussions of
the medical care problem are slated
for the near future.
Tomorrow night, the Democratic
Womens National Council will spon-
sor the first Of forum series at the
National Democratic Club, 1900 Rhode
Island avenue, on the question of
three forms of medical practice:
State medicine, group health or CO.
operative medicine and orthodox
medical practice"
State medicine will be discussed by
+. Swami Harding, student and
writer on economic and social SUBJ
1ects. Group health will be presented
by w. c. Kirkpatrick, new president
OF G. H. A., and private practice will
be discussed by DR.. A. B. Bennett,
representing the Medical Society.
The forum series of this council
will be directed by Mrs. Mario Living
At4 Do ~ 1o ,,,;o
lative Research Department.
Tuesday night a discussion will be
staged by the Monday Evening Club
at the Young Women's Christian As
sociation on Constructive Planning
for Medical Care"
Speakers will be DR.. Christie and
DR.. Kingsley Roberts of New York
City, director of the Bureau of Co.
operative Medicine of the Co-opera-
tive League. DR.. Christie is president
of the Board Of Trustees of American
University.
Two Addresses Wednesday.
DR.. Roberts will deliver two ad-
dresses Wednesday under auspices of
the Committee for Cooperative Medi-
cal Service for Federal Employees.
He will speak first at $50 pm. over
Station WJSV on "Co-operative Medi-
cine" At 8 pm he will talk before
Government workers in the auditorium
OF the Agriculture Department, South
Building. 1
Georgetown University will take up
the question in its Public Health
Forum February 10 at CASTOR Hall on
the university campus. DR.. Morris
Fishbein, editor of the official journal
OF the American Medical Association.
will speak on Your Doctor and State
Medicine"
It Is understood the university is
trying to arrange for a speaker from
@. H. A.
The American Medical Association.
through its Bureau Of Legal Medicine
and Legislation, already has made a
vigorous attack against Group Health
Association here.
Meantime there are no new Develop
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