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Show Farmers Can Pay Blue Cross Dues To Farm Bureau ETHLYN, MO. Farmers may enroll In the Blue Cross for themselves them-selves and their families through their county farm bureau, Mrs. Paul Palmer, national secretary of the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau federation, federa-tion, has pointed out in a recent statement issued here. "Farmers may pay their Blue Cross dues quarterly," Mrs. Palmer stated, "when they pay their farm bureau dues. When hospital care is needed, there - are no questions asked. The Blue Cross Identification card Is the passport to more than 3,600 accredited hospitals in the United States and Canada." Farmers, Mrs. Palmer said, have learned in the last few decades that early hospitalization means early recovery:"' "Through radio, the rural press and magazines they have come to realize that their fathers' habit of tolerating minor illnesses ill-nesses until they reached the point where the condition was beyond help, was foolish to say the least. The care of our sons by army and navy hospitals has clearly demonstrated demon-strated the value of scientific medicine, medi-cine, good nursing care, and prompt treatment. Today, farmers demand the same health advantages for their families as do the people who live In cities and large towns. The health of the farmer who produces the food for America's tables is fully as Important as the health of the factory worker. "There is a great need for additional addi-tional hospitals in rural areas, and farmers are actively supporting national na-tional and state legislation providing provid-ing for a survey of health facilities which will lead to the construction of much needed hospitals." |