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
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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.
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this happened. A pair of mad "Keystone Kops," Bill Walsh (L)
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sponsored by San Francisco Press Club, will go to the club s
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