The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-05-13

COP Health Plan For the Aged se
An Election Year Bill Of Goods
After than Of dawdng and the face Of in
creasing public the Administration finally
together what choose to call for the
aged ftl@aaN as noser asAs sge a. s. s5@
surface the proposed generous
than the acuaray sound extension Of the social security
gram hosptaurgcal needs elderly citizens
porated in the Forand Bill CHR 47OO There would be three
times long hospital nursing home dental
physicians services exceeding the surgical provisions
of the Forand Bill, etc. e0.&9
to be expected of Administration which by it's
own admission opposed prepaid health care for the aged
all the surface glitter of the plan without substance
1T in reality glorfied public assistance program with
quasmeans test determining eligibility for participation in
the Elderly couples with adjusted income of
$4,000 would not be eligible for benefits matter
how extended expensive hospital confinement and medical
might be in of serious illness.
The first $3.50 medcaLhospita care per aged ind
vdual would not be covered by the plan. 3so
would be guaranteed profit operation for the
insurance companies who would be the insurers.
would be federalsate cooperative affair with the
lion would be eligible to participate in
the program until enabling legislation passed by it's
legislature sssq
The first three points listed above seexplanaoy and
further consideration and adaptation to the realities of eg
ative life.
Here in Montana for example there are more than
people IS older who Theoretically would be eligible
for the programwhen and if the Montana legislature got
the of providing prepaid hosptalmedica those
$4,000 under the Eisenhower proposal would be right
million dollars the first and would higher with each
succeeding year over-65 population increases
However, Montana depressed state It's General Fund
is constantly in the red Sufficient available to
the State Government to meet the of
sentia services Need enabling
legislation being enacted in Montana provide prepaid
health the foreseeabe Cor unforeseeable) future?
This affair of State finance not unique to Montana
is condition bedevng practically state in the Union
The result that few if would elect
proposed federastate cooperative and the Admin
istration knows it a$s
The Eisenhower Administration has found that it cannot
continue to bndy prepaid health the aged
the Republican party and Richard Nixon be
debacle next November akin to that of So Therefore has
been for the Administration with
thing deude the voters fully realizing all of the time that
its proposal unavoidable and phoney the cigarette
advertising that day
teevision It
The American people should ouspokeny reject this
the hill to the poorhouse health and redoube
their nssence that legislation along the lines of the Forand
Bill be enacted whereby citizens during their working years
each payday into the Social Security to take of their
expensive hosptaheah needs retirement Such
legislation pending both the the
the members of congressional delegation know that the
only kind of health you're interested in is which
will make such available Of right char p
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