Show N N N N y NM NN NN lied When we hear r people talking of the control of prices conand control control con con- of wages control of this and control of that we wonder vonder who who exercise the controls is going to control the boys at the top Usually such boys develop into dictators and freedom is lost J V Our Needs 1 I. I Meeting The Brookings Institution recently issued an exhaustive and ob objective survey in in which it piled up an imposing mass of evidence in opposition to compulsory government health insurance That Tha occasioned an editorial in the Christian Science Monitor which said that this extension of the power of government would tend to freeze policies and retard medical progress Politics probably could not be eliminated from medical service Its quality would bo br bce impaired Its cost would increase Th The e American system contains contains con con- no fundamental defects Its deficiencies can be met by better methods than governmental compulsion few of the main points That is a swift S summing up of a against both government insurance and socialized medicine And Andall Andall Andall all of the points can be easily substantiated by the experience of other countries The doctor who gets along best in a run politically-run medical system is the doctor who follows a cautious routine and sh shows ws a minimum of initiative All doctors are beleaguered by people who come to them they need care or not on the grounds that they might as well ge what they've paid for and as asa asa asa a result many who are really sick receive inadequate attention And the cost to the taxpayers always becomes fantastic a development development devel devel- wh which ch is causing a storm in New Zealand now The medical system in this country is not perfect But its achievements in lengthening the span of life and raising the health level of the people have proven the importance of keeping politics out of plans evolved to broaden the responsibility for medical care |