West Paris High School - Nautilus Yearbook (West Paris, ME)

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SOCIAUZED MEDICSIXIE There has been much controversy over the question of Usooiab ized medicine. Several plans for Federal Health Insurance have been proposed, but none have been satisfactoryt At the present time only two states have compulsory sickness insurance. Large numbers of prepayment plans, based on the insurance principle, have been tried. Some were successfulg others were total failures. WB1ue Cross is one of these plans, Friends and critics agree that HBlue Cross is fine, but does not go far enough.H Lack of medical care is a factor of primg importance to ini dustry. Productive losses due to absenteeism caused by disease, accident, and premature death results in the loss of millions of work days. Because of lack of medical care 60,000 cancer patients die who might be saved. T B could almost be eradicated but in 1942 it killed 60,000 americans in the prime of life, More than one U. S. citizen in six has a chronic disease or physical impairment many of which might have been prevented, The draft brought out the fact that, although young men bee tween 18 A 48 should be healthier than at any other time of life, four or five million young men lacked the physical and mental ability to bear arms, Many of these physical defects could have been prevented or cured if the community had been aware of the importance of physi- cal fitness. Why donlt we have adequate medical care? The following are some of the reasons advanced. . nlllness strikes suddenly and makes budgeting impossible for people of modest moans, People neglect measures to prevent serious illness, or are unable to pay lor medical services. Low incomi families are reluctant to accept charity and therefore are vnable to get hospitalization except in extreme cases. Small communities cannot provide hospitals and adequate health facilities, and doctors hesitate to settle away from moderx medical facilities which they have been trained to use,U It is generally agreed that some health insurance plan is needed but disagreement arises over the method.