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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD. MARCH 31, 1950 Cost Of Compulsory Health Insurance Seen The Uintah Basin Record social security, and Karl Schlot-terbeca member of its staff, sent expenditures for medical Mildred a if Maroney conto be while care are anticipated government system of compul- tributes a chapter on veterans sory health insurance is intro- benefits. Costs much higher than pre- PUBLISHED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Duchesne, Utah C L, FRETWELL, Publishers IRENE FRETWELL C. L. FRETWELL, Editor RATES SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 3 Months $2.00 - 6 Months $3 ' 00 1 Year In Advance Payable vice-preside- nt st Notice To Water Users will-probabl- Taft-Hart-le- y year-roun- d stock-waterin- g t. p Proclamation 6-i- Auditing and fogj detained unde??S service system. Thk pensive if properly is not Under the compulsory health charges properly will get insurance neither patient nor In either event J practitioner would need to give likely to lead to high ad5 any thought to cost, the study payments0 says. Insofar as service is fur- which will apparel nished persons who have re- costly to administer frained from obtaining needed On services because of cost, the of thesethe other methods hi additional cost would be viewed lead to complaints W as warranted. or families that pra2 Unfortunately, thousands of institutions are lackimH people would demand services est, negligent, or for minor or even imaginary The personal behavJ ailments. Their demands might personnel will likewW dilute the professional services ject to complaint. available to those who really need them. Costs would increase to The government J investigate, for ait) enormously; this has been the many of the complaints experience wherever compul- entirely without subst sory insurance has been intro- will be found that n duced. Under a compulsory program, ciplinary or corrects administrative practitioners would be relieved High numbers of lay large of the necessity of giving atten- are to be anticipated,1 tion to the ability of the patient The impression is wn to pay. that the compulsory If the patient could draw sick would cost no more tl pay or temporary disability benspent by efits, the practitioner could pre- oersonal individuals care, the scribe long periods of hospitaltinues. The distribute ization or complete rest. Expen- cost and the, methods sive tests and treatments could is it ment, argued, be given freely, though formeraffected rather than ti when the ly provided only of expenditures, need for them was clearly inYet the system is dicated or where the patient had ample capacity to pay. everyone with adequate those Expensive alternatives might care, including settled rural be preferred by the patient to sparsely the less expensive, although the ties where costs will be less expensive would be ade- ly high. Earnings of p not to be rads quate and would be chosen il rs areand those of m he himself had to pay. For this duced, into profes medical the reason, nations with compulsory to be materially increi health insurance systems have It is difficult to m commonly found it necessary to establish strict rules governing how all these things the practitioners in their use of lone and the relatively ditional costs of admit materials and methods. Of administrative costs the paid with the limits of study says, A govemmentally expenditures. Costs muc operated compulsory health in- han present expenditoi surance system, whether central- be anticipated. ized or decentralized, will reIn conclusion, the quire large numbers of govern- states, The cost ofwouicoi ment employees, clerks .audi- health insurance tors, inspectors, and administra- ably depend in large tors. Collection of taxes and upon the methods used determination of insured status pensating the practitiw and eligibility will be relatively the number of addM simple and routine, although ernment employees its administration. costly in the aggregate. k, duced in the United States, according to a study made by the Brookings Institution. Its book, The Cost and Financing of Social Security, surveys the program now existing and those recommended by the Washington Administration, EDITORIAL OF THE WEEK he benefits involved, and the rapidly growing burden of costs. The principal authors 'are of Lewis Meriam, who the Institution, Bookings C lose the loop has Business When President Truman dewritten several volumes on anti-trulaws so the in holes livered his message on the State of the Union to Congress he as to bar monopolistic mergers. reiterate his determination to He promised to send the lawcontinue along the road he has makers later a series of probeen traveling and his unalter- posals to assist small businesses able determination to endeavor and to encourage the growth of The following applications to fasten on the' United States new enterprise. been filed with the State have B a n a n n r the Pass Farm he all of. the bad legislation to appropriate water has proposed in the past. This Plan with its system of pro- Engineer Duchesne County, State of statement of policy contained duction payments; provide man- in ' throughout the entire supports for pro- Utah, unless nothing new but was a rehash datory price are otherwise designatmajor sources year,all locations of previous utterances and pro- ducts which ed, being from US receive of farm income and are not B&M. posals. It from the press a greater volume adequately covered. 16516 Paul E. Reimann, Labor Replace the of attention than is merited by 836 Yale Salt Lake City, a is Act law with Ave., that the substance of what he said, 7 sec. for ft. to and all in with Ut.; fair irrigation use harmony which is a result of the fact our social the from ideals. Strawberry River, trib. Expand that it is a statement by the to River at a point Duchesne to President of the United States. security program provide E. 676 ft. from N. 1018 ft. and and benefits A summary of the main higher greater WV4 Cor. Sec. 14, T4S, R7W. unempoints in the Presidents pro- coverage. Improve the water be The will diverted by posals for domestic regulations ployment compensation program of a means head and conto aid. more Set gate to and for legislative enactments supply jobless a of ditch distance to a extension labor service by veyed cover these proposals may be up 8000 be ft. where it will reused in education labor encourage stated as follows: from Apr. 1 to Oct. 15 to irriTaxes Make some changes lations. Establish gate 500 acres of land embraced in our tax system which will Health, education m Secs. 11, 12, 13, and 14, T4S, of a medical insurance stimusystem reduce present inequities, R7W and Secs. 7 and 18, T4S, which will all enable Americans late business activity, and yield inciand for to R6W, care. afford medical a moderate amount of additional good dental rent Extend control purposes. revenue. Housing; 21024 Leo S. Defa, Hanna, another year. Assist cooperafor domestic tives and other n o n-- r o f i t Ut.; .025 sec.-fa use A from well bet. 30 to build which groups dwellings middle-incom- e families can af- and 40 ft. deep at a point N. WHEREAS: The fearsome dis- ford. 45 ft. and W. 450 ft. from SE ease, cancer represente a serious The obvious purpose of the Cor. SW14SWV4 Sec. 11, T1S, community problem in the City President is to continue the pro- R8W, and for incidental irrigaof Duchesne, as it affects on the cess of socializing the Unitec tion. 21114 average of one of every two States and esablishing in ful Duchesne County families in our city; School District, Duchesne, Ut.; control the Welfare State. WHEREAS: It is known that That is the most radical idea .25 sec. ft. for miscellaneous well 80 measures can be takert to cut of Socialism that has ever been purposes from a down the present cancer death-rat- thought of with intent to estab- ft. deep at a point N. 300 ft. easing the tragedy for lish it in this country. Its dom- and E. 1561 ft. from SW Cor. individuals and lighening the inance will mean the end of the Sec. 25, T1S, R4W. The water community burden of the great American Republic, and ul- will be used for domestic, sansocial and economic loses resulti- timately the end of Constitution- itation, culinary and irrigation ng' from this high death rate; al government of the American purposes. WHEREAS: Cancer Control, pattern. 21177 Andrew Jorgenson, to be effective, must be the The hope of the nation, before Myton, Ut.f5 sec. ft. for irrigavital concern of each and every Constitutional government tion use from Wells Draw, trib. one of us .therefore, I OTTO is turned into a radical dictator- to Green River at a point N. JOHNSON, Mayor of the City ship, is to elect a Congress com- 200 ft. and E. 880 ft. from NW of Duchesne, hereby proclaim posed of men who have the Cor. Sec. 17, T4S, R1W. The waApril as Cancer Month and re- moral courage to fight these ter will be diverted by means quest that the citizens of this propositions to a finish and the of a diversion dam and conveyed brains to meet the radicals anc by ditch and flume a distance city observe it as such. of 7,200 ft. where it will be defeat their schemes. I request that all individuals The for the protection of themselves present Congress has the used from160Apr. 1 to Nov. 15 to and their loved ones learn the opportunity to earn the ever- irrigate in acres of land emSViNW Sec. 16, essential facts about this disease. lasting approval and gratitude braced SViNE1 Sec. 17, T4S, makof American R1W, the I further request that all individ people by year-rounand for incidental outthis What the fight. uals, institutions, businesses, and ing purposes. organizations support, cooperate come will be, remains to be 21132 of in seen W. Birch, this 1950. Elwin with and assist the American year Times-NewMountain Home, Ut.; 5 sec.-fCancer Society in the 1950 CanHendersonThe for cer Crusade. irrigation use from an unville, North Carolina. named creek, trib. to Big HolAiverlitrmcnt low to Cottonwood Creek to Lake Fork River at a point N. 400 Cor. SW lA From where I sit ... Marsh SWV4 ft.Sec.from30, NW T1S., R4W. The water will be conveyed by earth ditches a distance of 2970 ft. and used from Apr. 1 to Oct. 31 to irrigate 120 acres of land embraced in SUzNVi, SV2 Sec 30, T1S., R4W, and for year-roun- d ' Ring incidental purposes. 21226 Arthur E. Snow, Our ten oclock curfew lasted for for a laugh, but Smiley just about sec.-f.27 Boneta, Ut.; for mis50 years, but the town council oted summed up how folks think in this cellaneous a from purposes it out. I dropped in at the meeting town. We believe that the demowell bet. 25 and 200 ft in Tow n Hall last w eek just in time cratic tradition of "live and let deep at a point S. 1539 ft. and E. 1911 ft. from NW Cor. Sec to hear Smiley Roberts. live is the only way to live. From where I sit, its not the 31, T1S, R4W. The water will "The curfew is be used for domestic, says Smiley. We ought to be American way to regulate your life dairy barn and lawn by a horn anymore than its right grown-uenough by now to behave spraying purposes. like grownups. Seeing to it that to criticize my caring for a temperProtests resisting the grant. ate glass of beer now and then. ing of any of the foregoing apour kids get to bed is the responsiThink what you wish, say what you plications, with reasons therebility of each family. Then Judge but dont ask your neighbor for, must be in affidavit form, wish, Cunningham adds, "Most of us with extra copy, and filed with, arc in bed when the curfew horn to do exactly as you do! the State Engineer, 403 State blows anyway. It wakes me up just Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah when Im getting to sleep! on or before April 30, 1950. Still The Socialist Leader Excessr, n. . 6-i- n. e, be per-capi- ta 1 c s reqii Air tight wall excTudo moisture and air, allow proper fermentation, Silage doesn't rot, spoil has more food value. Price, Initallation, Indestructible and maintenance re morkably low, got vanized steel outlast other silo materials. Guaranteed against Betfst cast, ana 1 ITS bursting. Fireproof. d stock-waterin- g t. s, Here's your answer lo lower it Joe j. "Curfew Shall Not Tonight" o Atortto SfeelJ scientifically engineered to prowd Ideal for silage making. The rug0 in M the building, the extra convenience Improved feed quality the Its lifetime dependability provide tested onM1 gressive farmer with a new, m0 tor getting full value from 1eecrtf!) stock-waterin- g no skilled help required, n sizes to meet your needs. Insist erected t. 6-i- made Haymakers, Corn Cribs In the design end fabrication full exclusively for the farm. For n. In, telephone, cr moil coupon 1 inform below stock-waterin- g, KENISON p Me JtUut What the Judge said was good Cop) right, 1950, United States Dreu ers Foundation HAROLD A. LINKE State Engineer First Publication. March 3, 1950 Last Publication, March 31, 1950 TALMAGE. ceb arts i . I KENISON BROS. Without obligation, please send me further Information on savings I Steel-Bli- t can make with Martin Farm Buildings. Name. Address. BROS. UTAH |