The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 15, 1937, Page 4

Gains Despite Fears Many Doctors Dislike Scheme; Others See It as Neces- sary for ‘Poor’ Man An important question at the recent convention of the Ameri- can Medical association was state medicine. AMA heads vetoed a Tecommendation that public funds tbe used to provide adequate medical care for those too poor to pay; agreed instead to a proposal which permits medical bodies to eo-operate with the government to solve the problem. Morgan M. Beatty, Washington editor of the AP Feature Service, turns the “WHAT IT MEANS” spotlight on the background of state medicine in the following article. By MORGAN M. BEATTY Washington, July 15 —(P)— This thing called “State Medicine” escapes the public eye for months on end, then abruptly it crashes the front page. ‘Thousands of doctors argue, Pres- (dent Roosevelt holds a secret White House conference. School children rally to the debate up and down the lend. What is this bogey man of the medical world? Simply put, state medicine is gov- ernment engaging in the practice of Medicine. One reason many doctors get ex- cited is because the more the govern- ment invades their field, the less busi- ness there will be for them as private practitioners. Poor Mans Friends ‘The president holds conferences be- cause some influential philanthropists and doctors believe most people Gl never have enough money to pay the high cost of emergency illness. This means, in their view, that the poor man can never get adequate medical care when he needs it most, The argument of this group is that government should guarantee the full fruits of medical progress to all citi- son’s ability to pay. It is almost the same argument the government uses itself, in dispensing relief—namely, government should see that nobody starves. School children select “State Medi- cine” as a standard debating sub- ject because the evidence for and against it seems so evenly divided. Pro And Con ‘The advocate of state medicine tries to prove that the present system of private medicine promotes unfair- ness and denies adequate treatment to millions, and ei duplication in equipment and offices. ‘Thoee. who argue that medicine by ere remain primarily in private hands can cite hundreds of experi- ments which are actually sincere ef- forts by private medicine to over- come its failings. They tell of group practice to keep down office costs; of hospital insurance plans, based on the same idea used in life insurance; and of the free service physicians give to poor patients. This, they say, is evolution with- out the hardship that would attend abrupt medical revolution. Doctors Dodge Issue Meanwhile, it takes less than “boo” to scare up acrimonious debate among the doctors themselves. Pink-whiskered United States Sen- ator J. Ham Lewis of Illinois touched off the latest eruption before the annual convention of the American Medical association. Hailing from the state where 140,000 organized doctors have incorporated their association, Senator Lewis got himself fairly well misunderstood by stating: “TI would like to deliver a message from the president of the United States ... We will come to the... designation of a ... board who are to pass upon their fellow doctors hav- ing the right to be admitted to be a practitioner under the federal law!” What did the senator mean? Most of the doctors at the convention couldn’t say, but the association’s leaders promptly dodged the murky issue. The association declared itself, in effect, ready to co-operate with the president or anybody else upon wens alike, regardléss of any one per- “direct request.” The president indi- Ask for “THE SOFTER, SAFER SANITARY NAPKIN AT ALL STORES make way for SEL % hig J ULY CLEARA Into its second big week swings—the greatest July Clearance Sale we have ever held. Many new items have been reduced while stocks of others have been replenished. 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CHILDREN’S SHOES — White straps and oxfords, in two great groups, at only, BERETS AND Perky styles, in whites or pastels, Clearance ....... THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1987 Dr. T. H. Lewis of Fargo, one of North Dakota’s lead-. | ing checker enthusiasts. cated Mr. Lewis was not talking for him. Plan Marches Slowly On But all the while, the march of scme phases of state medicine con- tinues, slowly but surely. Between 1928 and 1933, beds in gov- ernment hospitals increased 47 per cent while private hospital beds were going up only 17 per cent ... The} New York State Medical society has approved a scheme to have the state pay the way of destitute patients ... The United States Public Health serv- ice has launched a campaign to con- trol syphyllis ... federal and state governments provide care for mothers and children under the social secur- ity law... Besides, 20-odd foreign countries have set up compulsory health sys- tems, under which citizens who earn less than about $1,000 a year must pay fixed sums periodically. The govern- ment also contributes a fund, and out of the pool, doctors and hospitals draw their fees for treating poorer patients. No Radical Change Unfortunately, it is impossible to obtain unbiased expert opinion on the issue of state medicine. Every- body merely agrees that the present system is not perfect, and no system ever will be. There is, however, one important thing to keep in mind. Medical his- tory seems to prove that physicians as a group have never taken the ini- tiative in social or economic change. They have always adapted themselves to economic conditions, trying to keep their professional standards far higher than nfost other groups. 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