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...lofty moral tones of Carl Foreman's third inaugural. Foreman, by his own definition, is just a born failure. The Victors should be just as tremendous a flick as The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Guns of Navarone. If the message comes through, it will be prepaid...
...Medikaiser,'' as insiders now call it. is the nation's largest nongovernmental, womb-to-tomb program for prepaid health and hospital care. Since World War II it has grown to a grand total of 911.001 members, representing about 337,000 subscribers and their families. Contrary to widespread belief, employees of Tycoon Henry J. Kaiser and his gangling industrial empire make up only 5% of Medikaiser's subscribers...
...other forms of U.S. medical insurance. In most of the U.S., Blue Cross pays only hospital bills and Blue Shield pays only surgeons' fees and some doctors' bills; H.I.P. (the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York), runner-up to Kaiser as the nation's biggest prepaid care plan, does not cover hospital bills. Medikaiser covers almost everything...
...Secretary of the Interior. Doctors practice best in groups, Dr. Wilbur argued, because they can instantly call on each other's special skills. Patients, he was convinced, make the best use of doctors' services when they pay for them in advance. But organized medicine bitterly opposed prepaid group practice for years, and much of the antagonism remains...
...A.M.A. will undoubtedly continue to promote medicine of the highest standards, and it may also learn to accept changes in the doctor's economic status with more grace. At its May meeting, the dynamic California Medical Association urged A.M.A. to take the lead in efforts to make prepaid medical care available to all U.S. citizens. President Larson, in his inaugural address last week, said: "The professional spirit emphasizes conformity to the principles of scientific truth and ethical conduct. It also recognizes the rights and potentialities of the rebel or maverick who may have a new idea, a different method...