Show Blue Slue Cross Committee Working on Project Boulton of ot the tho Kl- Kl KIwanis wanis Blue Cross committee reports work on the proposed plan of having tho ho residents of our city join in groups Is s progressing very satisfactorily In the near future n n. general meeting of ot all representative groups will be held and action taken In speaking of ot the plan Mr Boulton said One of the tho most Important problems facing hospitals and doctors In 1946 Is tho to bill which proposes to extend social security to Include in ude compulsory health insurance provided by the Federal gov gov- The Importance or of this cannot bo be over It Is a subject which merits careful thought by every administrator not just now but con con- constantly constantly constantly I until the tho problem Is settled Tho American people are arc entitled to I adequate health care and If 1 this Is no not not provided by the hospital and medical professions so that It Is really available to everyone the government will surely provide It That Is the question who question who shall provide It tho the profession or th the government Health care In the United States Is the tho finest In the world by a wide mar mar- marI gin The Tho problem Is availability Ade Adequate Adequate Adequate I quate health care has come to mean some SOmo system whereby some sort of or in in- insurance In- In insurance plan to cover possible hospital S and a nd doctor bills Is available to every every- ono one o ne Without it millions of ot people deprive themselves of adequate care The Blue Cross the tho various Plans Flans for fox I Hospital Care show how this can be r provided without government I ence e or or control Somo 18 or I people are now members of ot tho the Blue I Cross and the figure Is growing rapidly I But adequate hospital care will not be b I available to everyone in the sense of 01 r being within everyone's reach financially I ally nl y until most of the population Is In It I. I the tho Blue Cross Including CroSS Including farmers I domestic servants residents of ot Isolated I areas and everyone Therefore there Is i S Sneed need for broadening dud expansion of ot o. o f tho the Blue Cross as rapidly as possible profit Non plans for medical care are an I less widely developed than the hospital 1 plans There are many medical plans but the tho percentage of ot the population 1 participating Is nowhere near as large L There Is real and urgent need for the tb e I rapid and widespread development de of ot o f medical plans I |