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Show THE AMERICAN WAY t COMPULSORY C.f ' MEDICINE EXPOSED Morton Clausen Most of us have heard much, pro and con, about socialized medicine. Perhaps we have wondered as to what really is the truth in the matter; but there seemed no place we could go for competent, unbiased information. in-formation. This lack has now been remedied. rem-edied. Hot off the presses is a new book by Melchior Palyi, an American citizen of Hungarian descent, a distinguished, internationally inter-nationally recognized educator, author, economist and financial expert, who for nearly twenty-five twenty-five years lived with and observed ob-served the ebb and flow of "power politics" in Europe. His book, "Compulsory Medical Med-ical Care and the Welfare State," is deserving of careful reading and study bv evervone interested in the future of America. Here we have a book that is more' than Just theories. It is' 'documentary proof of what has happened in every major country coun-try where socialized medicine has been instituted and practiced, prac-ticed, not only in modern times, but also in the recorded pages of a dim historic past, The author, in marshalling facts to prove his statements, leaves us with the ghastly realization reali-zation that socialized medicine, or compulsory medical care, is a movement so fraught witn danger to man's freedom that we must think long and seriously serious-ly before yielding such sweeping sweep-ing powers to the State, More than that, it leaves us with the sickening realization that under the guise of humani-tarianism, humani-tarianism, political groups are seeking, through socialized medicine med-icine to create a bureaucratic Frankenstein that will ultimately ultimate-ly extend into every avenue of human endeavor, from cradle to grave. If you think socialized 'medicine 'med-icine will insure better health, read in this book how the mass psychology, under such a system, sys-tem, becomes infected with chronic phobias destructive to mind and body, thus lowering a nation's health status to levels more dangerous than has ever been experienced under the most adverse conditions in a free society. Nor does the medical profession profes-sion itself remain unscathed. Under socialized medicine the status of excellence of the doctor is reduced to the lowest common com-mon denominator, which becomes be-comes on a par with that of the inexperienced interne. In England this demoralization of quality in the medical profession profes-sion has reached a stage whare steps are being considered under un-der which a doctor may be admitted ad-mitted to practice with considerable consid-erable less training and education educa-tion than has hitherto been required. re-quired. From an economic standpoint, socialized medicine has proved an item definitely ruinous to a nation's economic stability. No one can clearly forsee or estimate esti-mate the billions of tax dollars that may be required for even the most rigidly defined governmental govern-mental compulsory health program. pro-gram. Nor is the direct cost to the taxpayer the only economic item to be considered. Social- ized medicine robs the individual indi-vidual of incentive and initiative, initia-tive, increases industrial strife, creates greater absenteeism, fosters fos-ters radicalism, and weakens, respect for law and order, thus indirectly adding billions of dollars dol-lars to the nation's economic toll. Yes, this is definitely a book all discerning Americans should read. Every paragraph is replete re-plete with authentic information, informa-tion, and every sentence is a challenge to those who still believe be-lieve in the American way of life. I obtained my copy of "Compulsory "Com-pulsory Medical Care and the Welfare State" from National Institute of Professional Services, Servic-es, Inc., 75 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 1, Illinois, and it cost me only $2.00 for this wealth of information. It is my understanding under-standing that this organization has more copies available. |