Show independent INDU PENDENT MEDICINE we do not hear heal much agitation tor for socialization of 0 medicine these days das our system of private pirate medicine has been responsible for foi EO BO many great achieve achievements that demands demand abor toi revolutionary changes aro are not given the of thinking people Ilowe however vei propos alT are aia occasionally sio nally made which though they may seem sound bound would extend a or of poll control oe medicine which would pave the way toi for socialization or of tile the doctor at soilo future date A recent example of that Is found in tile the proposal that the social security laws bo be broadened to make health insurance ianco compulsory tor for all workers oi keis and their families it if this proposal were made into law the doctor would have to look to the insurer a branch of federal government go eminent tor for much of 0 his IhIl hood the insurer would determine the fees which velch he might charge nud and that lu in tinn would determine the amount of time lie he could gl give e each patient the future of all doctors would depend in part pait on oil a bureau who e policies and personnel onnel are aie directly affected by the ever changing tides oi of polities politics and mot mo t important 1 by far it com sickness insurance became a national policy the logical next step would be tile the passage of a law making everything concerned concerned with public health a function of the leate and that would be nothing more or leej les than socialized medicine ine dicine if medicine had tailed failed a case could be made for this dut but the plain truth Is that america lias has been a world leader in care of the sick and in medical discovery the man with little or no money can call command the finest medical talent and the most famous famious doctors give much ol of their time to patients who cannot pay what valid reason can there bs be for disrupting a system which has given tile the american people the average health on earth |