Word: chronic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...kidney stones sapped his disease-ridden body. His strength was almost gone. Last week, after Birdsall Sweet, 32, was finally released from 18 years and seven months in his iron lung, Dr. Smith performed his last, sad service. On the death certificate he wrote: "Acute nephritis due to chronic kidney stones due to poliomyelitis...
...Blue Shield, which has grown phenomenally in four years. Among the 34 million, about 13 million have additional coverage for some physicians' bills, usually only while in hospital. Some 3½ million of these, in turn, are insured against most types of medical expense (excluding dentistry, optometry and chronic illnesses like tuberculosis) from the sickbed at home to the operating room. But even under these policies, usually only the first $2 to $4 for each doctor's visit is covered...
...less-find it hard, if not impossible, to pay for even routine medical care. Another 30% of American families with incomes between $3,000 and $5,000 would have to make great sacrifices or go into debt to meet the costs of a severe or chronic illness...
...complaint was threefold: 1) the nation was not spending enough on health; 2) the spending power was not evenly distributed; and 3) because illness strikes without warning, even a thrifty, budget-careful family may have its savings wiped out and be forced into debt by a catastrophic or chronic illness. To allow the nation to spend more on its health, Ewing had detailed blueprints for building more hospitals, boosting the output of doctors, dentists and nurses, and beefing up public health services. Few argued with these aims, though many-especially doctors fearing federal interference with their profession-disagreed over details...
...Would Benefit? Under the Ewing plan, the Bronx freight handler's premiums would be $72 a year at first, rising to $96 after the plan is widened to cover dentistry, eye care and chronic illnesses. But the freight handler would pay only half ($36 to $48) in direct payroll taxes; his employer would pay the rest...