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Lobbyists Ready Election Year Fight on Medical Care for Aged MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1963 By Congressional WASHINGTON - While pub- uk auenuon is rocused on taxes i; and civil rights, lobbyists are preparing for a potentially ex - , plosive election year fight on a , third legislative issue medical i care ior me aged. rresiaent Kennedy's "medi- care plan to finance hospital , and nursing home care for the elderly through increased Social SAPIlritu hanArU U j "vw uaa lain UUr mant so far in the 88th Con gress. But now the House Wavs : ana Means Committee has scneauied hearings on the bill for Nov. 18. Action will be put over until i next year, but lobbyists, girding . for battle on an issue that af l fects the nation's 16 million t . aged, are working now to pro- ..u uigaui&aiiuus will take formal stands on the issue - before Ways and Means. How ever, the groups which will play a key role in the legisla tive infighting when the debate gets hot in 1964 number less than half a dozen. These have vital economic, professional and ideological stakes in the meas ure. Expected to testify and work most actively against the bill: the American Medical Assn. and "the insurance industry. In fa- t vor: organized labor, particular- 1.. ,1 Awr yi t" V r -j m.w " vjiv-, aim Ule nH- tional Council of Senior Citizens, formed hv AY-lonriorc nf it,n . Spnini C.iH p . ... i, c u u c u ; miWomDNf thai (linnlin..J J ing the 1960 campaign. A study of the positions and . lobbying plans of these groups provides an illuminating view u now ana wny pressure groups attempt to work their wui in Congress. Effective Lobbv The AMA is undoubtedly the most dedicated and effective lobby force against the Presi dent's blU. It claims to speak for nearly three-fourths (200.000) of the na tion's doctors. There seems to be little question that the AMA's opposition to the medi care program commands a high degree of support from the med ical profession. At the Congressional hearings, the AMA will probably areue that the Administration bill is unnecessary because the Kerr Mills law, which provides medi cal aid to certain needy aged, is a far better way to help those who really need help. The AMA will also contend that the President's hospital care program would eventually be enlarged to cover doctor bills, leading to "socialized medicine for every man, woman and child in this country." In addition to exerting direct pressure through testimony, the AMA is working against the bill through activation of the local physician, who is often in an influential community position. The Association appeals to the public through advertising and speakers at public meetings. The American Medical Politi cal Action Committee (AMPAC), a political off-shoot of the AMA, will work for de feat of medicare supporters in the '64 campaign. AMPAC, "a non - profit, unincorporated" group, may participate finan cially in political activities while N0W-A NEW BUDGET FINANCE PLAN OFFICE IN MEDFORD! LOANS $25 TO $1500 Something new under Medford, Oregon skies! Will $1500 pay up all your installment obligations and give you extra cash besides? You may apply for a $1500 loan with monthly payments as low as $77.87 spread over 24 months. Free Budget advice and quick loan service. - 237 E. MAIN STREET at BARTLETT PHONEs 773-3601 D. It. TUCKER, Mf. LOANS f I f I Bf ESTABLISHED 1937 0VJr Jill0, 000 L0ANS T0 SATISFIED CUSTOMERS urriKS rnVM IU UUAST AND HAWAII LOANS LIFE INSURED AT LOW COST a corporation such as the AMA cannot. Financial Stake The insurance industry, which ranges from private com mercial firms to non profit groups like Blue Cross, has major financial stake in the medicare question. A health in surance spokesman recently told CQ that if the Admin stra Lion bill were passed, he be lieved most privately covered persons 65 and over would drop tneir private policies. Before the Ways and Means committee, industry representa tives will argue that it can pro vide health insurance for the aged which will be better tail ored to Individual family needs, It will contend that where pri vate Initiative can meet needs. the Federal Government should not interfere. The industry is campaigning against tne bill by developing a new Kind ot insurance policy de signed to reduce support for medicare. Insurance companies "guarantee" to give this policy to any applicant over 65, re gardless of health. A considerable volume of bus iness is needed to prevent fi nancial loss from these plans. Thus far the insurance industry has, at best, been breaking even on them, and It is too early to tell how successful they will be. Working Class ine labor movement is un doubtedly the strongest force for the Administration proposals. Labor's direct economic interest in the plan is limited, but it feels that it has a responsibility for advancing the welfare of the working class, and believes that the medicare proposal works to ward that end. .' Labor will argue at the hear ings, that the aged badly need health insurance which: re quires no "degrading means test"; covers major costs of ill ness; and is not inflated in price by high costs of selling and advertising. Labor unions oppose guaran teed insurance because the pre miums are too high for many elderly and because such in surance generally covers , too small a proportion of hospital expenses (often $10 of a $30 daily bill). To meet AMA arguments, la bor will say the Kennedy pro posal is not socialized medicine because doctor bills are not cov ered. It believes Kerr-Mills is not adequate to help the elderly because states set standards for aid which leave uncovered vast numbers of low-income aged. The labor unions are continu ing their fight for medicare through regular union lobbyists and through activation of union members by publications and union local meetings. The National Council of Senior Citizens, organized in 1961, lists as its number one priority en actment of health care for the aged through Social Security. Its major reasons for support of the program parallel those of labor unions. The group leaves registered activities to affiliated organiza tions, but carries on consider able work in the medicare fight as a clearing house and educa tional center." (Copyright 1963, Congressional Quarterly Inc.) Weight Limits Are Set for Lake Road A weight load limit will be ef fective on the Lake of the Woods Highway, State 270, at 8 a.m.,v Saturday, Nov. 23, according to Tom Edwards, Salem, state as sistant highway engineer. The limit will be for that sec tion from the end of the present paved highway 19.81 miles east ot Eagle Point to 4Vj miles east. Limits will be 11,000 pounds gross on any single axle and 20,000 pounds gross on tandem axle trucks. The road will be posted informing the public of the weight limits, it was noted. Gaddis to Carry -On Stroud's Work PORTLAND (UPI) -Thomas E. Gaddes, author of the "Bird- man of Alcatraz" said he would carry on the work prisoner Ro bert Mroua started on legal and civil rights of prisoners. Stroud, . 73, died of natural causes in the hospital for fed eral prisoners at Springfield, Mo., Thursday. Gaddis, who became a close friend of Stroud while working on te book, said Stroud "re mained true to himself and the world as he saw it." Gaddis is co-director of the graduate school education pro gram at Reed College here. He worked for years to obtain Stroud's release from prison. "Stroud has actually won his battle" he said. 'He worked harder than many on the outside to accomplish something. Because he would' not bend his neck to a convicts rose he was hated by some pris on officials," Gaddis said. "Despite t h i s," he added, 'Bob Stroud did some of their work for them because his world story created events which dismantled the hated Alcatraz." TO SEND GREETINGS WASHINGTON (UPI)-Presi- dent Kennedy sends recorded greetings to the people of Ja pan today via the relay com munications satellite in the first television program ever flashed across the Pacific. MJ "M f)'J I 111 ... Mv " KEYSTONE KOPS - All Shirley Temple Black wanted to do in San Francisco Tuesday was to buy a couple of tickets to ben efit premier of "It s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World . . . and this happened. 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