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Last week we gave some ac-
count of the effect of spcialized
medieine • ore the • hospitals or
England. ' Now let, us turn to
the general ,practitioner, for 'his
experience" should amke the
pundits in the U.S.A. and" Can-
ada stop, look and listen, more.
especially since on July 1 the
U.S. and Ontario take their first
tottering steps into the valley of
the • shadow of medicare.
The Physician
Last month 18.000 of the 23,-
000 physicians in the United-
Kingdom signed undated resig-
nations from the National
Health Service, and as a °result,
they got pay hikes from the
government. The "Times" call-
ed it "militant trade unionism,"
though everyone knew the doc-
tors would not withdraw their
services
But, as in the case of the in-
terns, it was the volume of work
which was increased when the
Prime Dainister, Harold -Wilson,
abolished 'the charge for a pre=
scription of 28 cents. This de-
magogic gesture pushed the bill
for drugs for the first full year
to $361 million. But the vol-
ume of work in turn was not
the sole deters ent to the dot
tors, for no ' ene embarks on a
medical carer without expect-
ing hard work and long hours.
No,it was the sense of frustra-
tion; the' preoccupation with -
trivia; looking aeter people who
hadn't much wrong with them,
The hulk of the physician's
work did. not call for the full
exercise of his'clinical skill and
also made it more difficult for
him to practise the best stand-
ard of service to those whose
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need of medial advice and *ill
was real and urgent. The aver-
age National Health. physician
has 2,300 pat ants on his list,
which compares with one doc-
tor for 752 penple in the U°SA.
As such he fir.ds it hard to earn
$5,600 per annum before tax.
The , Patient
The bonafide patient suffers
as explained above. He tomo-
plains of perfunctory office ser-
vice, awl when it is" a matter
of obtaining a hospital bed the
health ministry admits that
against its 404,019 beds it has
a waiting list of 475,863. They
are just discovering that peo-
ple can get sick more quickly
-than it is possible -to build hos-
pitals and staff them. For ade-
noids, tonsils and a rumbling
appendix the waiting time can
run to nine months. A factory
hand with a hernia might lose
six morths overtime while wait-
ing for a bed.
Free Enterprise
So great was the dissatisfac-
tion of the public at the State-
run scheme that as early es 1950
Lord Nuffield (Morris Motors)
organized British United P-rovid-
ent Association: which offered
private hospital insurance. More
and _more people proceeded to
this, even though they still.
had to, subscribe to the State
plan. Today B.U.P.A.'s income
is $30,000,000 It owns $14,000,-
000 in securities and has liquid
resources of 88,000,000. It is a
nonprofit organization, in which
claims absorb R5 to 89 per cent.
The surplus income goesto
building fully equipped hospit-
als for its subscribers.
So, while the State is de-
liberately reducing the pay -beds
and .privete roams in puiblic hos-
pitals, the B.U.P.A. is stepping
up its •buileeng, of nursing
homes—really private hospitals.
• Currently two million peopleare covered by private health
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insurance and the B.U.P.A. and
other private schemes have
been. 'gaining 100,000"adherents
a year; 75,000 to B.U.P.A. alone;
two smiler concerns are sign-
ing up 28,000 a year between
then.
B:IJ.P A; charges $17.20. per
annum f a family man ;of 50.
For this they are assured of a
hospital' bed, nursing and the
fees of surgeons, anaesthetists
and visiting physicians. In other
words, a service -very similar to
0°4.A. plus. say, P.S,L com-
bined.
Independent Services
While the doettors were sign-
ing the'r undated resignations
from the Natidnal Health Ser-
vices, a, new organization was
floated = Independent Medical
Services. This will be comple-
mentary to 'the existing and
thrivin a private medical insur-
ance schemes. It will insure
against family doctor bilis and
drugs and its executives estim-
ate
stimate that a doctor with a list of
2000 patients will be able to
earn a pre-tax income of $16,800
per annum after deducting `the
cost of drugs and practice ex-
penses.
This policy will cost $21 a
year fer people age 17 to 65
and $12.60 a year for those
younger and older. It picks
up the drug tab entirely, but
charges 35 cents'for each office
consultation and 70 cents for a
home visit. When this scheme
comes into force in July, deser-
tions from the N.H.S. scheme
could snowball, for families of
modest mear; will be able to
insure against drugs and doc-
tors for the first time, without
resort to the N.H.S. scheme. It
has- only been the fear of un-
known and, huge pharmaceutical
charges 'which has retained
many.people •cn the N.H.S. lists.
Adding the cost of the two
schemes for the ages 1-7 to 65
we 'have B.U.P.A. $11.12 and
$21, or a total M $132.00
eovering -in-hospital, office or
home consultations, specialists,
anaesthetists and drugs.
ConYparative chars in .On-
tario would be: O,H°A. $98,40
and 0,141.S.I°P. for two in family
$180 or $21840 per annum but
excluding drug costs.
Brain .Drain
The corollary to these priv-
ate schemes is that the general
practitioner will be enabled to
make a decent living; able to
do an hones'professional job
and his professional standing
will be restoz nd., Simultaneous-
ly the patient will receive the
attention he deserves and be
assur,,ed of no long wait for a
hospital bed.
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while today 1,200 out d 1,600
people 'graduating in, medicine
a year, .migrate from the U.K.,
that many will now decide to
remain and enjoy private prac-
tice. V4 hat are the prospects
for the N.H.S.? Immediately,
it is to be expected that more
and more of the vacancies in
hospital medical staffs will be
filled by men from India. Pak-
istan, the West undies and var-
ious African countries, just as
they have been in the past, for
the extra medical care created
in"Britain by the gift -of free
'medicine has been met only by
their increasing numbers.
Araham Lincoln once said:
"You cannot 'build character
and -courage by taking away
men's initiat ve and independ-
ence. You cannot help men
=perm'anently by doing for them
what they could -do for them-
selves." •
This flight from medicare in
England might well be the writ-
ing °on the wall for Canada.
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-I Today the work*ug man
hisown cottage, 'or eruisor,
belongs to the • glof club..
big resorts have been ta>Iul
over iby the moderately wel t.0
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A STRANGER CALLER
SUMMER
In abuut :the '14t three dee-
ades, the face of a Canadian
suminer has changed almost be-
yond recognition.
Think back to your summers
as a chile:. The sights and the
sounds and the smells have all
changed: You'd scarcely know
you were in the same country.
Summer i'self has not .
changed. As a nation half -frozen
after a long, weary; winter anti a
ctild, wet spring, we still greet
it with rapture and incredulity.
It is the celebration of the sea-
son that has been transformed.
Thirty years ago, summer was
a quiet time. The pace was, lei-
surely. The mood was one of
peace. Today, it's just the op-
posite: It is the noisiest time of
the year, the pace is frantic,
and the mood is jazzy.
In those days, summer pleas
ures, for the working staff, were
simple. And for a couple of
good reasons. He worked nine
or 10 hours a day; and he didn't
have any money
* * 0
When he got home, he was
whacked. After . s,upper, ..he
might water the lawn, or do a
little•weeding, or just sit on the
front porch until dark. -. Occa-
ionally, Ite'd Jake in a ball game,
or •maybe drive the family
around for' a while, and buy
everybody •an"ice cream cone.
When his ' holidays (rolled
around, he didn't do much. Put-
tered around, painting the trim
on the house', or worked in the
garden. Maybe toow the family
to visit relatives for a few -days.
*
In those days. summer cot-
tlges, and power boats, and re-
sort hotels an golf were for the
wealthy.• ..
What a difference today! The
working stiff gets home, and his
day has just begun. He has 'a
golf dare. Of the family wants
to go out in the boat," Or the
kids demand be drive ahem for
a swum. Or h.is wife has asked
somebody over for drinks and a
barbecue and he in`ust don the
apron and get to work. , ,,,
. • , :,ea
When ,his holidays come
around, the pace triples. No put-
tering about the house for' him;
No sitting in the back yard, ud-
der a shade tree, and restoring
himself. -
n; tr ,
It doesn't matter what has
been planned' for his holidays.
Whether it's a mad -motor trip
of 3,000 miles, or a cottage at
Crud Lake, or a tenting excur-
sion, he's going to have to be a
human dynamo for about 18
hours a day.
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What's happened in three dec-
ades? Cars, affluence, desire for
status, and women.
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Cars, and the subseciuent
highways =to act'ommodate them,
have opened up the hinterland.
Beach areas that used to be
quiet. little summer settlements'
at the end of a rugged gravel
'road are now `roaring, raucous
neon jungles ° by night, flesh
strips and screaming motors by'.
day. '
Virgin ,lakes, not Jong ago ac-
cessible only by canoe and por-
tage, are now laid bare by de-
velopers,:and the bulldozers -are
at work, and everybody wants to
own his own plot, though prices
have sky -rocketed.
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Affluence, combined with the
never -never -land of •the finance
company, has made its inroads.
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in our society has playsol i
part,' if that crumb n•xt door
can afford a cottago ' for two
waoks, Joe can afford* flight e0
the WOst ° Coast. ..If he has 'a
a 0 -hors . Motw Jo ns+ds, a .75 -
hone,
75t -horse, . If his kids are going to
camp 'for two weeks, Joos ant
going for the whole of Mamie,
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And women? ,Ah, `bcti ,they
have helped •change the face of
Canada's summer! They used
to be enatent to stay; home, bolt
after, theirgardens and put up
preserves in the. sununer?• They
used to happy with a fan►iiy
ptcnieXit Sundays. They used
to enjoy making a pitcher of '
cold lemonade on a hot summer
evening and bringing it out to
/the porch.
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Now they want a cottage for
two months. or a new and big.
-ger boat, ora second car, plus
a memliersnip at the golf club,
plus a new patio, plus a couple
of weeks at a."swank resort.
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It's no wonder poor,• Joe is a
whimpering shell at the end of •
the su,rnmer, exhausted., broke
and frazzled.
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however, must not be ruled out
without investigation.
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