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WEDNESDAY. JULY 18. 1963 Canadian Medical Plan Compared Kennedy ProposalWith Senate-Tabled states. It also gives an indi vidual the opportunity to keep his own private policies. In Edilor't note: Th Sal katchewan doctor's itrik and the Senata voting to 'table President Kennedy's medical care bill have lo Icused attention on govern jment atlempti to help pay (Private medical bills. But (although their basic objec tive is similar, the Cana dian and Kennedy plans idiffer greatly in their scope 'and approach, as outlined in 'the iollowing dispatch. increased business. Here is , the way this provision camej use the 1959 college of phy sicians scale and reimburse doctors at 85 per cent of these rates for the plan's first year of operation (July 1. 1962 to June 30, 1963). The rales themselves are not set for be yond June, 1963. The Sas katchewan doctors are upset about this provision, saying there is nothing in the act to prevent the government from lowering payments below 85 and through a surcharge on es. These taxes would go up in I ample, a worker making $5.- element as it pertained to doc- ! a" scs "e " : , infill wuuiu yj tors. Doctors may continue ! ,)eaUn benf.fHs outlined in the private practice. Those who ; program. This could be paid do not sign up for the medi-! to slates which set up their care plan can bill their pa-: own medicare plans or to a tienls and the patients in turn ! private firm which is insuring can claim compensation from i an individual. The idea is to the government, for the statu-1 encourage persons and states torv amount only. to supplement the basic plan per cent. American-Doctors' charges are not involved. Financing Canadian-Each single adult must pay an annual premium of $12 and each family, re gardless of size, must pay $24. Added money will come through a Ha per cent in crease in the retail sales tax personal income tax, amount ing to about 1 per cent of an i individual's taxable income, ; and a 1 per cent boost in the provincial corporate income itax. On such a basis, a family earning $2,500 annually would contribute about $39 a year. American-Paid for by in i crease in Social Security tax Iwo steps for employers, em ployees and the self-employed. The taxable base would riM from the first $4,800 earned to $5,200 on Jan. 1, 1963. in addition to an increase from 3:18 per cent to 3'' per cent already scheduled to go into effect next year. The t a x would be raised one-fourth of one per cent in 1964. For ex- 200 a year or more would have his Social Security taxes increased by $27.50 in 1964 over amounts now scheduled. Of this, $17.68 would be ear marked for health benefits. Options Canadian Originally the plan was pre-paid and compul sory. But recently the govern ment deleted the compulsory about. The Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons suggests rates which general practitioners may charge. Traditionally, doctors have billed their patients on the basis of 85 per cent of these suggested charses. The gov ernment, therefore, decided to American - The bill encour- with additional coverage suuu taka ages .-i,tirnv,li,,,, nf nrivalp as those which WOUla u r a n c e companies and care of doctors' fees. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON I By NORMAN RUNNION j Washington - Ml - Medi-! care these days is an explo sive word, whether it's pro nounced in Canada or the United Slates. 1 In Saskatchewan, the prov ince's government supported medical care plan has trig gered a doctors' strike. 1 In the U.S. Senate, Presi dent Kennedy's medical care proposal was tabled Tuesday. It undoubtedly will be a po litical issue in next fall's con gressional elections, i Between the two plans, the nickname "medicare'1 is the one basic similarity. There are these two vast differences: , The Saskatchewan plan: provides for payment of doc tors' bills, and the Kennedy bill does not; the Canadian plan covers all residents ofj the province, from cradle to grave, while the Kennedy bill i applies only to those Ameri-1 cans over 65. ! Hospital care - the basic j objective of the Kennedy pro-1 posal - is not a part of the i Saskatchewan plan because! all Canadian provinces al ready sponsor a hospitaliza tion program. ! Here is a comparison of the i two plans: Coverage Canada - Everyone, from child to parent to grandpar ent, who has been a resident of Saskatchewan for three months prior to July 1, or will have had three months resi dence by Dec. 31 of this year. American - All persons now 85 or who reach 65 by 1957, whether or not they have paid into Social Security; after that, the plan would cover only those over 65 who are in Ihe Social Security system. Benefits Canadian - Medical and surgical services and new born care; specialist services where the patient has been re ferred to a specialist by another physician; anesthesia; X-ray, laboratory and other diagnostic services; preven tive medical services; some physiotherapy; dental services where provided by a dentist in conjunction with facial surgery. American - Payment for 90 days of hospitalization a, year, provided the patient . pays at least $20, and up to a i maximum of the first $90, of his hospitalization costs; pay ment of up to 180 days of skilled nursing home care a year; 240 days of home health ! service visits by nurses; out- j patient diagnostic s-irvices of. the kind customarily furnish- j ed by or through a hospital to its outpatients, provided the patient pays the first $20 of each diagnostic study; certain drugs. X-rays and the like if part of normal hospital care. Doctors Canadian - Payment of 85 per cent of their 1959 rates. The govern ment reasoned I that the 15 per cent differ ence would be made up by Hanford Defeat Said Serious Blow Washington-IUPII-Bonneville Power Administrator Charles F. Luce called Tuesday's de feat of a plan for non-federal power production at the Han ford. Wash., atomic plant a serious blow to plans for using waste sleam. "Basically, the same inter ests which opposed federal development of the project in lats year's vote opposed non federal deevlopment today," Luce said. "A decision will have to be made by the Senate leader ship whether to offer the same amendment in the Sen ate in the hope, that if passed, it ran be held in conference." The Washington Public Power Supply System had proposed that it finance, con struct and operate the gen erating facilities which would be powered by waste steam from Hanford's new Pluto nium reactor. Alcoholism Control Should Start in Home Buffalo. N Y. 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