The union times., 1944-04-15
Questions And Ansavers On Wagner Murray Dnge Bi
Hearing On Measure Called Imperative

Renewed activities in SUD- port of the Wagner-Murray- Dingell Bill, s ll6l, a plan to extend the benefits of the present Social Security Act, have been undertaken by many organizations as a re suit of the stimulus of leaf let issued by the Physicians Forum of ll85 Park Avenue, New York City.
 The Physicians Forum, a na- tional organization of physicians interested in the extension and improvement of medical care, supports s l16l, and IS concen- trating it's efforts to publlclze the health provisions which they feel are of major importance at the present time. Their leafiet, which was read into the Con- gressional Record by Senator Wagner, a sponsor of the Bill, states:
 ssThe war has already focused attention upon the need for medl- cal care for the majority of the population. We believe that the postwar era will emphasize and in- tensify these needs. The genera public demands more and better health services, but, on the whole, is unable to purchase them on an individual basis. A well planned program of medical care would benefit the public and contribute to the economic stability of physi- cians. An approach to a solution Of these problems exists in Bill for a National Unified Social Insurance System which is now before Con- gress."
 For the benefit of trade unions and other progressive organizations, with whose help the Physicians Fo-- rum has already distributed 15,OO0 of the leaflets, direct answers are given to questions of medical care which would occur to any individual ln con- sidering the Bill. Some of these ques- tions and answers are:
 "WM you De alIOsOed to choose your OsUn doctor! Yes. You can choose any doctor in your conn munity who is affiliated with the plan. You can go to the same doc tor who is your physician now.
 "WW your dependents be taken care of as sUeII? Yes. The bill pro- vides your wife and dependent children with the same benefits which it provides for you.
 ssWhat sUiH happen # you haue to go to q hospital? You will be entitled to 30 days of hospital care in any one year. Thirty days IS much longer than the average time a patient spends in a hospital in any one year.
 ssIs your Uife haUing q baby? Is she sOOrried abOur hOsU to pay the doctors ice or the hospital fee? Both will be paid for by the lnsur- ance Fund, from the very begin ming of pregnancy.
 ssWM yOu need to go to q clinic because you cannOr afford q priUate doctor? No. You will be entitled to the services of private physicians in their offices or in your home, or in the hospital. You will be paying your share of the medical costs by a uniform payroll deduction. Med cal care will not be charity, but something to which you are en- titled"
 Hearings on the Wagner Murray Dingell Bill will be of paramount importance to the American people Up to riow the Bill has been, and still is, in Committee. Trade unions and other progressive organizations must demand that the Bill be reported out of Committee and hearings sched- uled The health and security of 100,000,000 people depend on such ac- ton. Single copies of the leafet $. 1161 and Your Health" can be ob- tained by request from the Physi- clans Forum, 1185 Park Avenue, New York 28, N Y.
 Bulk copies will be supplied at cost of printing.