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...clubhouse is nothing to drool over, largely because the P.C. values "fellowship" over T.V. sets and pool tables, and has consequently neglected to buy the latter. There is no denying the strength of that sense of fellowship, however, at least during the heyday of the clubs. Theodore Roosevelt, informing Kaiser Wilhelm of the engagement of his daughter Alice to Nicholas Longworth, volunteered the line: "Nick and I are both in the Porc, you know...
...their cash at the disposal of a group of artists in order to give those artists a chance to construct ambitious works beyond the technological limits of their own studios. A total of 76 artists were introduced to a list of companies that ranged from Kaiser Steel to Ampex, from General Electric to Disneyland. Reactions to the proposed matings ranged from disdain to alarm. But eventually some 20 projects were realized...
...encourage efficiency, the Nixon bill would set aside a fund of $23 million for grants to groups of doctors willing to establish prepaid health-maintenance organizations (HMOs) like the Kaiser-Permanente Health Plan, which operates in California, Oregon, Hawaii, Colorado and Ohio. Another $100 million would be allocated to help medical schools train more doctors. Total cost: $3 billion a year in new federal funds, $2 billion in lost tax revenues, about $6 billion from business and industry. The insurance companies, however, might not regard the bill as a bonanza. Though the industry's overall profits are high...
Most doctors are adamantly opposed to prepayment. Many patients tend to feel otherwise. The 2,000,000 members of the Kaiser plan pay a fixed annual fee for a broad range of medical and preventive health services, all of which are provided by salaried doctors. The plan, which runs its own hospitals and clinics, keeps its costs down by early screening to diagnose diseases before they become serious, thus reducing the amount of time its members spend in expensive hospital beds. Similar prepayment plans have also proved successful in New York, Massachusetts and Michigan. But the Administration bill, which offers...
...SUSAN D. KAISER El Monte, Calif...