Show aw who h 0 opposes socialized medicine i 1 it t is frequently argued that most of the opposition to e either t I 1 socialized medicine or government controlled medicine originates within thin groups whose motives are entirely selfish and who are aie completely Wit without holit interest in ill the welfare of the masses of people that argument cannot withstand the light of fact current proposals for government medicine have met inet with will the formal opposition of 15 state legislatures ind and the amazing total of national state and local organizations among I 1 these are arc the general federation of clubs the Alae american rican le legion gion the veterans of foreign wars the allieri american bar association and the american farm bureau federation to ro say t that hat organizations of this character are arc inspired by the he selfish considerations of a few people is to say th the e ridiculous c ulous they represent millions of in individuals dividu a Is of all political faiths and of all the economic levels they agree on oil the issue of government medicine for one reason their belief that it would reduce the quality of medical care that it would P place lee a tremendous and unnecessary burden on oil the taxpayers and that the growth of our established system of medical cire care along with the in many any voluntary insurance plans offers the best available solution to our health problems g those who would socialize or otherwise regiment the practice jantice of medicine work on the theory that if a roof leaks the solution is to burn down the house that there are arc gaps in ii our medical care system goes without saying and doctors loc tors are among the first to realize this and to take tahe measures to close them in recent years enormous progress has been made the future will bring greater progress still if the hand of the politician ican ean can call be kept off the back of the doctor |