The people's voice., 1949-06-03
MPS- National Health Insurance's
Best Salesman"

DCOL OCICOIudI
Nothing like success Conversely nothing fail
like failure Montana Physicians Service
nothing in time will better selling agent for th
Murray prepaid health pan than the completely
inadequate nature of MPS itself.
This frightfu nadequacy, proving most disturbing
number of the members OF the state medca
association They have stomach for what has been
rayed by their medical Journals as national health insurance
operation Yet they realize that national health insurance
comng coming if for other except the short
omng of voluntary plans and the stubborn refusal of the
medicos to indulge in a modicum of self-discpline
This not matter of surmal conjecture Quite to
the contrary members profession
their fears this editor These realize that the lack
sincerity far MPS concerned by members of the
profession bids we'll destroy the thing with which they
HRS' bi11 '0i'~' anu "''''AN'
Small wonder that such destruction imminent when
considers that localities certain medics have been
cned disregard MPS schedules when the oppor
uny presents itself For example, in of larger cities
MPS schedule for delivery of babies even though they
had joining PS tacity agreed to live its sched
ules To satisfy their yearnng for further compensation it
was necessary that expecan parents pay out anotner go
they would have skilled professional hands function at such
important time.
But since such practices must be presumed to be the
cepton than they nconsequenta import
compared with the gross nadequacy OF the voluntary
covering the medical needs of the family The
$500 monthly protection against illness assessed typical Mon
families amounts to approximately 20 of the
family income But checkup of number of families be-
of the limited nature of prepaid medical avail
able PS reveals that they putting out additional
two to three percent of their incomes for such things as home
and office calls minor surgery not done in hospitals dental
and optical care, prescriptions etc.
Shield subscribers know minor surgery
stitches body repairs emergency nature
reported within "a hours, listed under ou patient
treatment hospitals under MPS Such patient
ficaon provides prepaid medical treatment such
gences and 65 per cent of total hospital costs.
Of course understandable that doctors should be
willing leave their place of practice and other patients to
take of hospitals when such treatment
could just we'll be provided the office Clinic thus saving
the doctor and his other patients considerable time But
only this week pointed out isn't right that MPS
subscribers should be penazed for such minor
of the doctors inability to leave his practice 1t is h
opinion Physicians Service if it would be far
with it's $500 per month subscribers, should place minor
surgery offices clinics in the category ou
tents hospitathus eliminating double cost for such
But to date I've heard of effort being made
by MPS to correct this costly inequity.
The above but few examples of the shortcomings of
the doctors PLAN There many and when these
up against the traditional lack of sefdscpne of
the nations ghtest union small wonder that the people
this nation and coming to the realization that
the medical fraternity incapable of providing health
for all the people Likewise is small wonder that the
growing louder and louder that this monopoly be
regulated and the longer the medc uncooperave in
trying work out national health problem the tougher
will regulation be when it does come to pass.
If medicine I'd be all out for the Murray bill
I'd feel had everything to gain and little to lose the
long the National Health Insurance BILL while
progressive essentially mddeoftheroad de-
permit doctors great freedom and yet provide long
tomar rd So1vi orr DrOblem