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Local Residents Differ on Aid Bill
President Kennedy predicted last week that the King-Anderson bill to provide medical care to the aged would be passed by Congress and that all doctors will treat patients under the plan.
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The proposal has drawn violent opposition from the American Medical Association. The benefits would be financed by levying an additional one-half of one per cent through the social security payroll tax.
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"I would be very much opposed to any kind of legislation which would remove from the medical profession its responsibility to determine what medical services are necessary and how they can best be administered," Dean Miller added.
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DR. C. ARDEN MILLER, dean of the University of Kansas Medical School, said that any prediction of the pending proposal's consequences as being a move toward socialized medicine would merely be a value judgment.
Local reaction to the proposal as shown in telephone interviews ranged from strong opposition to the plan to favorable opinion that medical care for the aged is long overdue.
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R. L. Dunlap, M.D., eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, has this to say about the King-Anderson bill:
"There is no need for this. First of all, it is a political football that President Kennedy is kicking around as a votegetter. He has no business doing it."
DR. DUNLAP emphasized that he is an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Because of this he feels he is not in a position to render a meaningful opinion on the situation of aged who need medical care for ailments other than ailments in his special field.
might need aid Dr. Dunlap said; "We have state and local agencies that provide aid to those persons. I know of no one in this community who is going without medical care because of lack of money.
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"I COOPERATE with it 100 per cent," Dr. Dunlap said of the military medicine program. "It works fine as far as I'm concerned. I think that it is a fine way to take care of military dependents."
He had praise for the Federal program which provides medical coverage for military personnel and their dependents who are not able to reach military hospitals.
"As far as I am concerned, the closer we keep the money to home the better off we are. I like to keep control of my money."
Dr. Dunlap viewed the proposed measure as being "complicated and expensive."
Leland Pritchard, professor of economics, said, "the United States is at least a half century overdue on this plan. Similar social responsibility has been assumed by other countries for many years.
"The U.S. is one of the most backward countries in the world when it comes to medical care for the aged," Prof. Pritchard said.
James Lawing, assistant instructor of Western Civilization, said, "Yes, I am in favor of the King-Anderson Bill. It will take care of the health program while preserving the patient-doctor relationship."
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