Show q W i n i A w 1 f r i An All Out F Push ash Will Be Made George the nations nation's most influential labor chief has passed the word that an out all-out push will be made in the next two years to have Congress enact a national health program pro pro- gram THE VETERAN labor boss has pushed this idea for many years he has the backing of former Pres Harry ri Truman in the forties in his efforts and believes the time is fast approaching when Congress will vote such a program into law if not in the fhe next two years year's soon thereafter Polls show that the idea of national health insurance has steadily gained supporters over the years AFTER World War II when Great Britain enacted its national health insurance program program program pro pro- gram socialized medicine a howl went up from opponents that it would not wort wod that the people would riot not not like it that the quality of medical service would deteriorate etc However after 23 years Britain's national health and service is working and popular popular popular pop pop- ular and no government Labor Labor Laher La La- bor her or Conservative would dare propose its repeal UNDER IT more people are getting attention than before it went into effect Of course it is not working working working work work- ing perfectly and many doctors complain THE PROPOSALS to be pushed in the new Congress provide that the federal government government government gov gov- pay a percentage of total costs employers a part of employees a part Mr estimates the initial cost at 50 billion Obviously Obviously Obviously Ob Ob- that sum could not be paid by b the federal government government government gov gov- though Mr proposal is that the government government government govern govern- ment pay 85 percent over forty billions THE NIXON Administration in opposing the proposal estimates estimates estimates esti esti- mates the cost mst of the clan olan at 70 billions Intelligently considering such a am millions of Americans have to consider what protection they are now being provided under private health insurance programs and the cost cast against the protection protection protection pro pro- under a federal national national national na na- na- na health insurance program program program pro pro- gram and its cost in hi payroll payroll payroll pay pay- roll deductions and higher federal taxes SOME of course have no health insurance presumably those covered by corporation health insurance programs would no longer have to contribute contribute contribute con con- tribute to private programs Corporations which now pay private companies large sums as their part of private programs for employees would presumably be able to terminate ate such plans in many cases |