Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-04

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Security benefits will get Gov
eminent assistance with his
hospital bills. 1t means that
malingerers over IS will be
able to take up space in hos
pital beds. It means that
sometime when you are des-
perately Ill your doctor may
have q very hard time get
ting q bed in q hospital for
you because q lot Of people
are holding down beds and
enjoying the air conditioning.
Have you wondered why the
bill is connected to Social Sc
curity? 1t was the MASTER
mind himself who worked
that one out. We must ad-
mire its brilliance even while
we deplore its philosophy.
The bill, so, long as it is at
tached to Social Security can
be amended and extended un-
til the proponents Of So
cialized medicine can railroad
every feature of their nefari-
GUS scheme into the law Of
the land. Then even greater
stumbling blocks will hinder
the progress Of medicine. Pa
tients win die while waiting
for treatment. They will die
while their doctors try des-
perately to cut red tape to
get medicine to save their
lives. Children will grow up
while waiting for dental care.
Pandemonium will reign most
Of the year, but in summer
there will be a kind of bloody
confusion as the season of
infections is replaced by the
season Of accidents and al
lergies. Doctors, in despera-
ton, will be forced to give up
treating the individual and
will try to treat patients en-
masse. The old Army sick
call routine will be carried
into the waiting room of ev-
cry doctor, even your doctor.
The bill is unavoidable. It
was created by politicians
who know nothing whatever
Of medicine. or psychology,
to please the poor young mas
termind, who is a good man,
whose heart may bleed for
the old people, who means
well, but who. nevertheless,
does not know what every in
dependently practicing physi-
clan knows, that this bill
cannot work. human nature
being what it is.
We already have publicly
supported medical care for
the needy Of all ages. Those
who apply for it are not
turned away. II an aged per-
son cannot qualify for it, he
has only to explain to his
physician and arrangements
are made for his immediate
care. Nobody in our country,
from the cradle to the grave,
need go without medical care,
whether he can pay for it or
not. It is only the politicians
who wish to send America
down the road to socialism
and totalitarianism who wish
to make everyone dependent
upon the state, that have
persuaded our well-meaning
young man to make this pro-
gram a part of his admins
tration.
julius Chepko, MD.
= &A
DR.. Kimble In his letter
makes the following points in
his opposition to the King
Anderson bill:
/. Doctors ESPECIALLY ANA
doctorO love old patients and
therefore the elderly patients
need no help. If they do need
help. they can get it from
their sympathetic physician
or through the Kerr-Mills
plan, or through private in
surance. 2. Expense - take;
siphon off savings whic +
could be used for later years
3. There would be Fedora
control of hospitals, nursing
homes, and $4,000 physicians
4. The proclaimed boycott o
the 200 New Jersey doctors
would not be a boycott, since
they would be boycotting onl.
the King Henderson plan.
AS to No. /, this argumen
is malarky. In this age o
the high-cost specialist, tn
incidence of personal bont
between the general physician
and his patient is on tn
downgrade. And this is tn
old argument that If one i
INDECENT enough or ricl
enough, he can be assured o
medical care. For one VIII