The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-16
Oscar Ewing Mdps Health
Prourum For The President

saor oscar Ewing Report President auded today
by Dr. Claiming Frothingham chairman of the COMMITTEES for the
Society.
wings realistic outline for national health Insurance Dr.
are the as Gmg Te5 % bep eG
emedy the shocking waste Americas greatest
our people, regardless of income square
1T heartenng note that Mr. Ewings fol- fol-
gratifying yin the fact that Ens o o
the organized before the
The praecng doctors throughout nation myself
will that national health insurance @ does not
with the ETn nnrod das de 5res Of bo
the nos specific Dd Of fho9 @ 0r
with strict checks federal powers dspes fears of state med
this pla with the knowledge that public opinion polls
repeatedly demonstrated the American peoples desire G for ma
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and lays D Fs onead
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Nations Health r numbers %o@gde its ofaefs PSi
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A'naf fhe eaPe i possible Enactment Of health
assd to y s the seG non soas
medical for every man. woman and hd without egau
place he lives land and without regard for his personal
health % Ewing @ the s @ he ean @
possible way Of bringing adequate medical to fully the
people lie that 100000 Americans cannot now
outlined i S1a BY Ss
for for s @ s ssod by yea 3 or @ % % % % er 9G
equally by employers and employees or might otherwise be pre-
cbd by law In subsequent years the rate OF would
cooperation that the Keynote deeenta
for National Sad NAL Health Insu
oog up period break professional and other botteneeks
rural areas among mnor and other low Ewing
cites the higher death rate and maternal and infant mortality rates in
industrial East evidence that income directly affects
Ewing revision American Medical Associations
1889 research figures allow for the Intervening rise
per in the cost of living indicates that families with in
outside Near per of families 12O00O0O less
and consequently would have difficulty meeting the costs
difficulty providing adequate mnma for themselves and
cites evidence Of the increasing demand for better
the costs medical care the MIN % of the
conrutoy health insurance should be the basic method of
in burden unpdabe sickness COSTS abolish
the barrier to adequate medical services and avoid the IN
Representatives of of national organizations including
clared that National only the
Ewing states that voluntary insurance alone cannot
provide enough medical at low enough rates to the entire
out that less than cent of the population covered by
these deficiencies O The offer benefits that inadequate
M iny IN cover @ On{ h e0n @ m I the I ana % w % never Oe
the poorest where the national need low in
% tRa the national interest requires to be done 10 '
The recent Brokngs Report which doubts the need for National
health while good, "has serious deficiencies"
sened: ) Passage legislation setting policies;
2 tS0ng too up period to establish and CO.
W Ultimate expansion to include complete medical coerge for every
report also "he law should make special provisions
e y IF SHi %a f to- Steady Sf nane
support in that previously have lacked the funds to attract
ton and for research is also urged Ewing declares that these meas
would give the farm population square deal in medical services