European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Ould a a Kennedy for for social nent Tot j in mine Day 1st ear the ext no Home Bills for up to 180 the patient first is treated eng Over s20 for outpatient Ostic services up to to vents a year for services. Including in term it therapy and parti Ime ice. I efts would be financed the social Security tax i talk per cent shared equally t employer and lifting the tax Bate from the present $4.800 during the Eisenhower admin medical care foil co authored Mills of Arkansas and sen. Of Oklahoma both democrats. It i designed to provide Al for people 65 and Over who do for old Ace assistance taut repay medical Bills. It Aims to care to the aged indigent medically indigent sets the exact terms of the Tecl dint needs test. Theet pays from 50 to 80 the Cost of benefits. In Delft to available Only to per Leone does not exceed �1.800for couple with recipients to pass the state Means Are Stufer than Nin stration Mil benefits t physicians and dentists services to the King Anderson Bill Are this one. 25 states and territories now Tali program see map state Legislatures will con g a program this year to sea. Everett Durksen. Rail us year nationwide plans Lorr wat proot health insurance for were proposed by the american and the american hos working respectively shield and Blue Cross or shield plan would cover a Raj exams Tome visits Fay Doc Hosp Al or nursing Home and services. It would require no and be made available to ass a year per person. Ital Asao Dalton Bloe shield plan nursing Home care would be partly j 6.000 v4jwo income Falls a Newt a Dian inc i b 9 of Fenily Hod ji50- Sci Diasis medical costs use Virty Huhti tas hsv6 -17 Ivy 15-54 55-44 sea Del cry to to he past Lew years. The Institute reported Diat bait of test year Tafero is f 35 per cent to the to f to Ofat the beat Enung at Toafa the in Timte no. 81 companies were providing a total of 1st policies and plans that Are guaranteed for life. They Are open to people both under and Over 65, the major tines of argument among backers of these various plans in greatly generalized terms ran like this the administration claims its plan is the Only one which reaches most citizens pro Viding necessary care without indignity at h insists the Kerr that 93 per cent Are being paid that the Bill has less than 1 per cent of the pop Kerr Mills Bill it Lon proposal is far More than the. And might wreck the senility system because of Spur along they so Aea it As the opening to a to to extend medical to Etc Lieut of All Ages. Mills says the Law Feas not yet Baa a fair Chance to show tax potential. Among those who agree with him is the american medical As of private insurance plans oppose expansion of Federal activities in the insurance Field. They stand principally on the frequent and vehement warnings of. Doctors and Hospital associations on the dangers of government entry into the med ical Field. The american medical Assoc of april 3, 1962 ii Stais and stapes Uon has contended the economic status eff the aged is not a severely limited a claimed. The health insurance Institute say that. Just Over Ball of the non Fop aged Over 65 had some form of voluntary health insurance at the end of 1961. And that older people adv buying such insurance at a faster rate than any other segment of the population the big hurdle for congressional backers of the administration is to get the King Anderson Bill out of the House ways and Means committee. Chairman of the com Mittee is the cd author of the present medical care Law. Mills. He opposes Tho administration s Bill and says a majority of his committee also does. Without favor Able action by the committee backers Are left with a Choice of awkward moves. The most Ukey is a discharge petition by which. If a majority of the House signs up the Bill can be brought to the floor of the House without committee action. Opponents May be counted on to fight Back with equal vigor. H
