Show state medical body adopts low cost program doctors map medical service and hospital insurance plin the utah state medical association in session last week adopted a plan of an medical edical and hospitalization insurance designed to enable any family in the state to meet health emergencies by payment of regular small premiums the plan is designed ultimately to provide the major medical and hospitalization nee keeys is of from 80 to 90 per cent of the states population ula tion As explained by dr A cyril callister president and william howard secretary treas aurer of the association the plan will work about as follows the family will pay a fixed premium at re regular ular intervals to insure all members against major illnesses enumerated in the contract and against hospitalization costs the tha premiums will be computed according to the average num ber of cases of each type occurring in the state and the cost of treatment so that each family pays a proportion share of the total cost for its insurance thi th bureau is a nonprofit non profit organization may choose doctor when illness occurs the family may choose any physician or surgeon within the state association and any hospital participating it is assumed that all hospitals will adopt the plan the bureau will pay a guaranteed fee to the doctor or ri hospital chosen the guaranteed fee will be met by the bureau no matter how ow far it may exceed total premiums paid by the patient or hs his family as in any insurance pl plan insurance policies will be sold only to groups at first this will decrease expenses of collecting premiums mr said t the ie organization hopes to place the program in operation early in 1939 will needs until the plan becomes effective the staff of the farm security administration which has support e 1 the movement for this type of 0 medicine advises clients to very thoroughly investigate hea health ith insurance policies before purchasing such medical association meets I 1 members of the uintah basin I 1 medical society attended a banquet at the onyx hotel sunday which was followed by business sessions es ions doctors meeting at the whit crocks ho hospital pital and members member of the auxiliary maetina at the whitmore home where mrs john IV V dark clark of vernal gave an interesting review of the book the country doctor present at the niec meeting ting were dr and mrs john H dark of vernal dr and mrs frank nelson of fort duchesne Du chesno D dr r and mrs airs rd hopper of Whit whiterocks rocks dr F L aft murray irray of duchesne dr and mrs D P whitmore whit more and dr L miles of roosevelt |