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Show DaUy Health Service Thla I tha second of two ar-llrlea ar-llrlea by Dr. Fuhbein cautioning tha public to think twice before signing up tor hospital insurance. Bg BB. MOBBI1 risHBEIM la atany place hospiul Insurance scheme have seemed la offer xrrp-tlonal xrrp-tlonal opportunities la great numbers of people to protect themtelvet against hospital bills. However, even under th best of circumstances ther have been abusee. Titer la th possibility of ! disorganisation of tha medical profrt-'twn; profrt-'twn; th question of underbidding fur th ear-vice, with lha patient Invariably Invari-ably tha ultimata eufferer. Acceptable medical eervlc can be delivered only at certain euel. Any attempt to bid for th eervlc under these coats la sure to reault In skimping skimp-ing at th service, which the public cannot understand, barauaa lha public pub-lic Itself baa never really learned to evaluate medical eervlc aatufac-lortly. aatufac-lortly. The most Important Ingredient In any type of medical rare la lha personal per-sonal attention of a competent phytl-rian. phytl-rian. After all. any hospital la merely mere-ly as good aa tha doctors who serve IL Otherwise. It la merely four walla with beds and laboratory apparatut. a situation that can be duplicated In any person's home. The medical profession, therefore, considers as fundamental In any hospital hos-pital Insurance scheme, complete participation par-ticipation of all of th recognised hospitals hos-pitals In tha community, complete participation of tha reputable phy-sirlsns phy-sirlsns of the community and, aeso-ctated aeso-ctated with this, free choice of phyai-cisn phyai-cisn by tha patient under the policy, and free choice of hospital. Tha percentage charged for selling tha service, either by agents, direct-by-mall solicitation, group talea to Industrial In-dustrial or working organisation!, or fraternal bodies, mutt not be so high aa to maka it impoaetble to deliver sstUfsrtory service under th policy. rinally. the financial backing of the corporation Balling tha Insurance hould be more carefully aurveyrd than tha financial statement of the bank. A reserve capable of meeting epidemic conditions la found In few. if any, tuch Insurance scheme now being offered tha public. I Tha mar fart that rrputabl hot-pitalt hot-pitalt are participating in such Itrhrmea L- no indication of their re I liability. Tha hospitals, too, ar Ilk the drowning man who gratpt at Ihi straw. They ar ready to grasp al 'any possibility of holding their hesdi above water during tha period of thi financial depression. What la moat needed at thla time Ii a revaluation of medical care. Lei ua correct distribution, let us revalu ate tha services, but let ua not b drawn Into any scheme of expansion or Inflation because of our fright al what must be a temporary oconomu cooditloo. |