Walkerton Independent, Volume 85, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 March 1962 — Page 3

lE-D-I-T-O-R-I-A-L! f>wiNMMuwuiuaii*iiiMuiaMiuMuiHaauiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiii MORE HOAX THAN HELI’ There is a general impression abroad in the land among both the aged and their sympathetic, well-meaning juniors that the Admmistraton’s Medicare proposal ispecifcally. the King-Anderson Bill > now before Congress will provide a neat and comprehensive solution to the health problems of all over age 65. Cruel as it may seem to question this sublime, if ill-founded faith, it is about time to look into this bill and see just what it does offer. You will find that it would pay for: 1. Up to 90 days of inpatient hospitalization, the patient to pay the first $lO of cost each day for the first nine days. (“Deductble" is the word for that ninety bucks, i 2. After hospitalization (but not without it i, up to ISO days of nursing home services. 3. Home health services (by others than physicians) up to 210 visits per year. 4. Outpatient hospital diagnosStop At Bargain Center Koontz Lake Diamond^^^ *300.00 Wwa 5 KX-reSopii * > s t 7 4 CARAT hen price, qualih and her lo\r i» ino»t important Lee’s Jewelry

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tic services - tn this ease with a S2O "deductible'' (to be paid by the patient) on each examination. And if these services appear on casual reading to be fairly comprehenavc consider thp medical needs that are not provided for: There is no allowance for the bills of your own doctor or surgeon • in or out of the hospital or nursing home. There is no provision for drugs needed to continue treatment at home, and nn help with doctors’ or druggists' bills for those who suffer at home with arthritis, heart trouble, diabetes and kindred chronic ailments. And it is moot to ask where would those limited means (for whom thi ■ legislation primarily is urged 1 get the S9O required for the first nine days of a hospital sojourn. The question is especially pertinent when you consider that senior-citizen health insurance polities without deductibles are available for this amount of money from established, tax-paying insurance companies. The best assessment of the King - Anderson Bill, perhaps, comes from statistics presented by the Secretary of Health. Education and Welfare in testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee They show on careful analysis, that this legislation would cover less than 25 percent of the average medical expense of those over 65. At an estimated cost of $- billion a year in additional Social Security taxes, it is not only a bad bargain but a costly deception. Tako time out to do little favors for others an you go along and you'll probably arrive before those who drive straight thru. THE HARD WAY Thrift is something that can’t be taught like experience it has to be learned. Walkerton Independent Robert E. Urbin. Editor PUBLISHER Independent-News Co. WALKERTON, INDIANA Pubik»tloa Time: Thursday of each week. SecMkd Clam Footage paid at Walkerton. Indiana Bubacripticn ratea; 62.50 per year for cadi puper In Indiana; out-of state sahacripUotu, S 3 00.

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