Medicare Is Opposed By Many KU Students
In interviews last night, 20 KU students said they opposed and only five were in favor of the Medicare Bill (King-Anderson) pending before Congress.
The King-Anderson Bill would finance medical care to the aged through the social security program. The payments would include a $20 deduction provision for out-patient diagnostic services, such as x-rays and blood tests.
The patient would be required to pay $10 a day for the first nine days of hospitalization, with hospitalization for a single spell of illness limited to 90 days.
HOWEVER, THERE IS no provision for paying doctors, services, or drugs not administered in a hospital.
Many students expressed the opinion that if Medicare went into effect, America would be on the verge of socialized medicine which could eventually lead to a socialistic government.
John McCulloh, Abilene sophmore, said, "I am not for it. The more you increase the amount of benefit from social security, the more you have to increase the money you pay into social security. Pretty soon the government will be taking more money in for social security than for income tax."
Another student believes that the King-Anderson bill will hurt the quality of medicine much more than it will doctor's fees.
CAROL DREVER, Waterville senior said, "I am against it because I saw so much of the same in Europe, especially in Denmark. You see an apathetic feeling among the people because of the rigid government control. This bill to me is a firm step in the same direction."
Carolyn Locke, Minneola sophmore, stated, "Most of the people covered would probably not need it, and the people that do need it would be uncovered."
Miss Locke added that she thought that people should read the bill before expressing their opinions very loudly.
The students that feel the bill should become a law agreed that it was a good way of providing for the aged in society.
MARILYN SCHUTTE. Kansas City freshman, said, "Those who cannot afford medical care through no fault of their own are entitled to it as much as anyone else."
Connie Hays, Kansas City sophomore, is for the bill. She said, "I do not agree with those who say that such a bill will lead to more government control. The government supplies money for the Veteran's hospitals, and that has not led to increased government intervention. This has helped the economy and not hindered it."
Max Eberhardt. Great Bend senior, said, "I frankly feel that we should give the King-Anderson bill more time to prove its effectiveness. It is very important that some assistance be given to the aged."
AMERICAN MEDICAL Association leaders denounced President Kennedy's medical-care-for-the-aged as a "cruel hoax" aimed at establishing "welfare state medicine" for everyone.
These representatives added that the public was in danger of being "blitzed, brainwashed, and bandwagoned into swallowing" a plan that would disrupt health services and turn individual patients into "impersonal numbers."
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Eberharts to Have P-T-P Honeymoon
Max Eberhart and Nina Gillig,
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The Eberharts will spend the summer in Europe. He will work out of the P-t-P office in Brussels to help develop an international job exchange program for P-t-P members.
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