"Organized Medicine" Sees Red.

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  • Author(s): Rorty, James
  • Source:
    Nation. 11/6/1937, Vol. 145 Issue 19, p500-502. 3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      HOSPITALS; EMPLOYEES; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; LOANS; MEDICAL care
    • Subject Terms:
      WASHINGTON (D.C.)Report Available; UNITED StatesReport Available
    • Abstract:
      In the very shadow of the White House "socialized medicine" has again raised its ugly head, and the vigilantes of "organized medicine" have sounded the alarm. During the week of October 25, 1937 the Group Health Association of Washington D.C., opened the doors of its group clinic to almost a thousand employees of the Federal Home Loan Bank, the initial membership representing about two-thirds of the Washington staff of this particular New Deal agency. In return for a check-off of their salaries of $2 20 a month for individuals and $3.30 a month for families, the Group Health Association contracts to give its members complete medical care, both preventive and curative but with emphasis on prevention, plus hospitalization for twenty-one days when needed.