The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-01-03
COST OF MEDICAL SERVICES

COST OF MEDICAL SERVICES
appears be growing consciousness the part of
public of the country of the need for ade
ouate provision medical hospital supplement
socially provided facilities which have been operative for
some time past
In 1885, governmental agencies supplied medical
costing total of approximately SIG million dollars While
substantial of this outlay to the general health
services from which all citizens benefited the bulk of
doubleday finally accrued to the private medical practitioners
payment of medical services rendered to the large of
population unable to pay medical care out OF their IN
comes
could be assumed that the entire amount expended by
agencies the half of the entire population the
individual income of which estimated at SlO70
year. still the per capita outlay would be only $40 as com
pared with of 1897 expended for medical by
the high income group Since it is obvious that families
cassed the lowest income group with incomes of
$3.50 annually comprising onehrd of the entire population
generally speaking have free medical they to
receive at ALL then deducng from the total governmental
expenditures the large appropriated out of them to the
general health services would leave of much Jess
$40 year for individual medical These in
cude expenditures for the of physicians oculsts
dentists and other specialists the for clinical hos
pa care special examinations and tests medicines drugs
eve glasses and opticians fees medical appliances and
plies and accident and health insurance.
Studies made by the public health service has shown that
the percentage of sickness and inability to do any
useful work. obtains to far greater degree in the lower in
groups than in the higher To be these conditions
cannot be ascrbed to inadequate medical services entirely
insufficient food and clothing and housing conditions
great contributing factors But the fact that these
dton exist until ready make such fundamental
eliminate the causes 1t sell
that cannot ignore these conditions and try to make
remedial provisions the results And the only
either increased socaized medical service form
of collective organization available to all.
such instances have organized comparatively
to themselves with medical hospital bitter
has been from the American Medical
association This organization has employed every
Guiding appeals to the advancement OF
the idea of people organizing provide themselves with ade
ouate and competent medical services
The American Medical association is powerful in its infu
it's members throughout the entire country and efforts
localities to organize cooperatives to supply its
bers medical hospital services have failed because
DOCTOR however anxious he might be such
ciation the wrath Of and charges of unehca
conduct by the American Medical association.
the last two however because of the collective
action about 400 members of the ANA declaring them
against the policy of opposition of the organization to-
cooperaves and other forms of group action for med
American Medical association has been less
openly active Certainly however, there has been little change
in the general attitude of the leadership.
of the largest if not the largest comparatively owned
hospital this country located Elk City, Okla and
Union membership that section At
the head of this movement and institution Dr. Shadd, who
has any other the United States break
the srangehod of the American Medical association the
medical profession He has suffered persecution
but has been found fighting and than hold
ing his every In his institution and organization
at City, he supplying the best of medical services
necessary disqualification low yearly cost to large
of people The be accomplished in Monanaf
we can find another DIR. Shadid. Il
PROPAGANDA FOR WAR
has admitted before in this column that the Voice
feel justified in taking unequvocal stand for
against either Finland Russia in their conflict because of
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