European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday May 14,the stars and stripes of omit medicare Battle i i vol y a v turn Long lip thereat in Hopes of melting. Congressional ice of medical. Care of "the7 age a through with campain Sto bring their. 1 i i i. A. i month president i Kennedy invited Tseyeni leaders of the Jet raef ican f medical f association which spearheadsthe., opposition to a White House disc is would a through an increase Iii affect direct to 14,2 Mill Jon to year aside son t Bui t has been in Mobil feed in the House ways and Means committee where it Lac led the wias1?31 Fng to " to the House floor for debate and action. Kurig Anderson " Bill would certain1 types of medical care for ill people 65 or older who Rio Pinon this r. A. Pi-1" ,1, i ,._ t Kennedy contends Only about half of tiie aged Peipu Laton r in the to jolted Spatea Flag health insurance of any kind and inst of these persons have insufficient coverage. More " Over their annual medical Bill Jshii Toloe that of persons under 66 while their income is Only half As High. 1f, i under the social Security or rail Road retirement systems. A didst get Jun Parent Hospital service for Eup to90 Days after they have paid the first $10, a Day for up to nine Days and after they have paid a minimum of $20. F skilled nursing Home services a Gorjup to 180 Days provided the first is treated in a hos outpatient Hospital diagnostic the patient has$20 of the charge for each diagnostic study a Home health services for up to 540 visits during a Calendar year including intermittent nursing care therapy and part time Home maker services. Not covered under the King an Derson Bill would be physicians and dentists fees the Cost of drugs and certain other health items. The health services would be financed by an increase in social Security taxes paid and employer " what health plans Are available to elderly americans at present the Ken Mills Taw in effect since october i960, provides a wider Range of benefits including physicians and dentists fees for s fewer people than King Aii Kerr Mills Jiro vide financial Aid. Through Federal stat funds or persons 85 and Over who. Do r not qualify for old age assist Are unable to medi Cal Bills. These Are the Salty indigent the states i Lay Down the Rule for the programs and the Federal government pays from 50 to 80 percent of the Cost. Aid is available Only to persons whose incomes do not exceed $1300a year or $2,800 for a couple Ite it patents Are required to pass a test of Means. The extent of services varies among the participating states. For example some offer nursing Home care others Don t. Some include dental care others Don t Twenty three states plus puerto Rico and the Virgin islands have Kerr mugs programs. The Legislatures of a dozen others have them under when Kerr Mills went into effect it was estimated it would Cost about $142 million in Federal funds during the first full year of opera rattles to pitch Toj a ,0. For grass i Toots support j hrs a m 1 to 4. T i i my a. To i no i if s7 3 j r f a or Washington us president Kennedy will personally Lead what j promises to be the i biggest single grass roots Salty Ever staged Fon behalf of a by pending in con f tiieob3ect is to build up.4 Back Home pressure on Congress to in Kennedy a program of medical care for the elderly f i danced by increased social secur of the Bill win take part new worlds Madison Garden and auditoriums in deities next sunday after. H t r i Jav speak top All 5 car them Over 1 1 nationwide " Tele vision and radio from the Madl to Square Garden event % " the Start of Anthe adj Nustra medical care Blu from the House ti5bwjiben"8lilled"5rortmore than Tif Muj and 1wta-j congressional passage before the x i f the crucial Snowdown vote in ? to f a t r i committee pro baby win come Early in june. President Kennedy and his aides Are confident they can win. Committee approval and then Housdan Senate passage. Helping to arrange the nation wide Joamy Are leaders of organized labor who five years1 ago initiated the drive to include medical cares under the social Security system plus the National Council of senior citizens which i was organized last fall to help stir up support for president Kennedy s Bill. The coun cil new claims to have Over 600,000 Mem Bers who Are affiliated through More than 700 local clubs and three major networks plan to televise the president s speech free., As a Public service program. The american medical association spearheading. The fight a in s t. The legislation Hast bought 30 minutes of network time from Abc to answer the president the next Day. Not since the Advent of Tele vision has there been any Legisla Tive rally1 comparable to the kind Tissy up Stop running about even l " Udall will speak to the Kansas City to Tahy. Federal housing director Rob Ert a Weaver will speak at Phila delphla., veterans administrator John Gleason will appear at Rock Island 111.sen. Pat Mcnamara d-mich., and United Auto work ers president Walter Reuther will address the Detroit rally f r T to Small business administration director John Home will speak i Columbus and sen. Clinton p. An Derson .m., will speak at hous ton Send Vance Hartke a ind. Will be at Youngstown Ohio. " other rallies will be held at san Diego Seattle Washington t d.c., Wilmington del., Orlando fla.,"chicago, Indianapolis Louisville Cleveland can pa., provi Dence jul Knoxville Tenn. Salt lake.1 City Charleston a a. Mil Waukee and la Crosse was. Opponents of Federal medical cure for the aged led by the american medical association maintain that the administration s Kin Randerson plan would be a Start toward Socialised medi Cine which would endanger pro Fem Fona Freedom lower medical Standard and establish n Federal Cau of Medicine. If i Felon and some 2.4 million persons would Benefit. Daring the first nine months of operation the latest period for which full figures Are available the program had total expenditures of $42.9 million including $2l3 Mil lion in Federal funds $1-137 Mil lion in state funds and7.16 Mil lion in local outlays. Two voluntary nonprofit health insurance plans for the aged have Een proposed by the Ama and the american Hospital association aha. They were announced within afew Days of each other last Jan aary leading King to comment that it looked like a desperation move to defeat the King Anderso Bill. The aha plan would be partly financed by the Federal govern ment but the program would be under private control. Its sponsors say. The program would provide Hospital nursing Home care and certain other serv ices at very Low Cost or free to those unable to the Ama plan would cover surgery. A rays some Hospital or nursing borne visits by doctors and other services it would not seek any Federal subsidy. It would be available to single persons Over 65 with an annual income of $2,500 or less and to married couples with incomes of$4,000 or less. Estimated Cost of premiums As Low As $3 a month per person. What arguments have been advanced in favor of King Anderson president Kennedy has put i this Way among those of us who Are 6516 million today in the United states go to the Hospital More often and stay longer than their younger neighbors their physical activity is limited by six times As much Ity As the rest of the Post their animal medical twice that of persons under but their income is Only High. Today Only about half our j population has any health Ance of any kind and these have insufficient this program of course not interfere in any Way wit Freedom of Choice of doctor Pital or nurse. It would not specify in to president of the which claims 180,000 doctor Mem Bers says King Anderson w make the Secretary of healthy cation and welfare literally the Czar of american meet foes also assert that Derson would Cost $5,4 Nua Liy by 1383, compared .-v.t. Kennedy administration s Testim of $25 billion by 1990. Opponents also say they clot fit that the economic status of Tai aged is As Tough As painted of supporters of King Anderson. In Many respect " says tto f Ama the aged Are better Ott j than any other crop. Their liquid assets Are of Berj and have risen faster than any age group. Hospitals report they havens difficulty obtaining payment Fonro patients Over 65 than from younger i european edition army Navy a1e Force col Ridgway p. Smith or. Usa. Cd Ito in chef it col John i. Caulfield Usan Deputy Stofil Arnold Burnen managing 1 Etc est a frank., .-., production manager Sydney Label circulation j Germany Darm Lodl Central acrid in Homer a. Coble Newi Jack Elii Sparti Ralph Kenn Arof Ursoi Dahm Ladt c 73366 form Klodt air strip my 741. Two to it 04189-273, 04189-284 Stuttgart William a quran c b4215, m 7295, Falex 7-23607 Munich Bob Hoy a f c 493668. M 8356 . 5-338a6 Ramt Tom Henry &. 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