Show Danger Der of Socialized Medicine B By JOHN JOliN B. B REMBERT ERT M. M D. D Phenomenal advances in medicine medi medi- cine inc have occurred during the past fifty CUty years with life expectancy expect expect- anc ncy ancy now being increased by more nore than twenty years for the average American This progress has las largely been due to the rather unique system of American medicine medi medi- cine cine cine-a a system which allows American American Am Am- physicians to work in com coin freedom freedom freedom-freedom freedom of action I that hat is not possible in other oilier countries coun- coun tries ries of the world freedom of acion action action ac- ac tion ion without government in fer- fer ference ference ence or dictation ft A grave attempt is now nosy being made to eliminate one of Amen Ameri Americas America's cas ca's largest groups of or uncontrolled uncontrolled trolled rolled business men the American American Am Am- physician a group th that U t now exerts all possible efforts in maintaining the free enterprise system a system allowing ing the physician to work in freedon freedon-as freedon as physician to physician and as ph phy physician physician to patient Through the years we have all by this freedom of choice on the part of the patient For his physician a system that has created a very personal patient pa pa- tient doctor tient-doctor doctor relationship in inmany inmany many cases The ultra liberal group in this Ins country have fostered and are backing a plan that if passed by Congress would probably stagnate stagnate stag stag- nate modern medical progress in inthe inthe inthe the future this future this is the re real l danger in the Forand Bill Bill it it will surely socialize American medicine and with the free enterprise system system defeated progress will virtually come to a halt A state stale of leth leth- lethargy lethargy argy will naturally follow follow and and progress and lethargy cannot and will not exist together The great loss to the American patient will be his choice of freedom free free- your doni-your dom dom o your r physician will ill no longer long long- er be your family doctor doctor he he will be an government working strictly an eight hour day and a forty hour week that is a forty hour week if the ultra liberal unions do not sue suc- seed in reducing this to a thirty thirty- five hour week as planned You Yoi Youw w will ll not be Mrs 1 Jones or Mrs Airs Smith Smith rather rather the patient pa pa- tient will be number so and so soon soon soon on a doctors doctor's lists with no personal personal per perd doctor patient relationship existing Such a situation exists today in England but now many thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of people there there there-m in ever increasing lumbers lumbers are are b bj by passing passing pass pass- ing the compulsory health service service ice plan and are going to some doctors who are engaged in private practice These English people must pa pay for the compulsory compulsory com com- plan too but they desire privacy and the personal doctor patient relationship that they once enjoyed You can help protect our unique position in m modern modem medicine in insist upon your freedom of choice the the Fifth Freedom Freedom Freedom-by by writing to your Congressman now and expressing your our views to him rum |