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OCR Page 1 of 27HEALTH INSURANCE FACT SHEET - I
1. On an average, two persons out of every three need help to meet the cost of
serious illness. (1)
a. About 97,000,000 people in the United States need help to meet the
cost of serious illness.
2. Each year, more persons die prematurely or from preventable causes than were
lost in battle or from war injuries during World War II. (2)
3. In the course of a year, there are approximately 22,000,000 disabling illnesses,
lasting a week or longer, in the United States.
(3)
a. At least 7,000,000 people in the United States are disabled by sickness
or other disability in any 24-hour period, half of them for 6 months or
more. (4)
4.
In 1941, there was approximately 1 active physician for every 1,400 to 1,500
people in the United States. (5)
a. In 1944, 553 counties in the United States had less than 1 active physi-
cian per 3,000 population (the "danger line") and 81 counties had no
active doctor at all. (4)
5.
41% of the counties in the United States (approximately 1,258), with an aggregate
population of 15,000,000, have no approved general hospital at all. (4)
a. 48% of the counties (1,473) have under the standard of 4.5 beds per
1,000 population; and only 11% (337) of the counties meet the standard. (6)
6. The total hidden costs of sickness and disability, wage loss to workers and costs
to business, totaled in 1943 not less than $15,000,000,000. (2)
a. The estimated annual cost of sickness and accidents, in medical costs
and loss of earnings due to sickness and premature death, is
$8,000,000,000 (4)
7. Only about 23,132,508 people, about 16% of the population of the United States,
were covered by hospitalization plans as of July 1, 1946. (7)
a. Only about 3,500,000 Americans (22% of the population) were covered by
complete medical care plans in 1945. (4)
: 8. It is estimated that approximately $11,000,000 a year is being spent for research
to find causes and new treatments and cures for disease. (8)
a. In contrast with this, the Department of Commerce reported in 1943 that
approximately $275,000,000 is being spent each year for industrial
research. (9)
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(1) Families with incomes under $3,000 need help in meeting the cost of serious ill-
ness. ("Factual Data on Medical Economics, " pamphlet issued in 1939 by the Bureau
of Medical Economics of the American Medical Association.) 69% of the U.S. popu-
lation live in such families. (U.S. Treasury Report)
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