Show HOT UP TO STANDARD A young british doctor who served in the royal air force during the war and was afterwards in practice in england has moved to california he has taken out his first citizenship papers and he will practice in that state after going through a year of internship which is required by law and the reason he gave for this abrupt change in his life is that under En glands socialized medical system it was physically impossible for me to be a good doctor his experience was ty typical ile he was treating some patients under the panel system and the government had assigned him a quota of he said there were days when I 1 saw 20 patients in an hour at the office and one day I 1 made 36 house calls commenting on this the portland oregonian oregonians Ore gonian said editorially obviously there was not time for careful diagnosis though many patients had very minor ailments and some were hypochondriacs hypochondria cs encouraged by free medicine that is tax supported care to make unnecessary calls there was no time for research and study the young doctor knew that his work was not up to recognized medical standards in this country here is the great tragedy of socialized medicine it is enormously costly a dangerously large part of britaina Brit ains total government budget is going to pay for it it discourages and dis heartens medical men and especially the younger ones who will be the future custodians of the peoples health and to top it all off it cannot help but cause a dangerous decline in the standards of care and practice and close the door on research and preventive medicine these are among the powerful reasons behind the refusal of congress to swallow the administrations compulsory government medical insurance scheme |