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    "ocrText": "1924\nBulgaria\nall\nfor its adoption. Organized Medicine in Great Britain long supported\n1924\nChile\nall\nthe principles underlying the plan. Almost all British doctors serve\n1946\nColombia *\nall\n1941\nCosta Rica *\nin it. Even its most outspoken critics-a small group of doctors led\nall\n1888\nCzechoslovakia\nby Lord Horder-endorse it, limit criticism to specific details.\nall\n1892\nDenmark\nall\nThe present act started July 5, 1948. But it is essentially an\n1947\nDominican Republic\nall\nextension of a tested National Health Insurance program begun in\n1935\nEcuador *\nall\n1912 for medium and low income groups. It covered about 40% of\n1928\nFrance\nall\n1883\nGermany\nthe population and for family physician's services only ; did not pro-\nall\n1912\nGreat Britain\nvide specialists and other needed health services.\nall\n1934\nGreece *\nall\nIts success, however, in lessening the financial barrier between\n1891\nHungary\nall\npatients and doctors led to the desire to extend it to cover the entire\n1936\nIceland\nall\npopulation and to include all services.\n1911\nIreland\n2, 3, 4\n1928\nItaly\nBritish Doctors Support\nall\n1922\nJapan\nall\nThe British Medical Association first opposed the 1912 Act, but\n1901\nLuxembourg\nall\nafter years of practical experience with it, reversed its stand. In\n1942\nMexico *\nall\n1928, the B.M.A urged its further expansion. The Association's views\n1929\nNetherlands\nall\nwere stated in 1936 by its Secretary :\n1938\nNew Zealand\n1, 3, 4\n1909\n\"The medical profession regards national health insurance as\na\nNorway\nall\n1941\nsocial development which has improved immeasurably the health of the\nPanama *\nall\n1943\npeople covered by it, at the same time raising the standard of the\nParaguay *\nall\n1936\nmedical practice\nPeru\nall\n1920\nPoland\nIn 1942, organized British medicine drew up a comprehensive\nall\n1933\nPortugal *\nall\nhealth insurance plan. That same year, the Health Act was again\n1912\nRumania\nall\nexpanded. In 1944, Prime Minister Churchill blue-printed a universal\n1942\nSpain\nall\n\"national health service\" backed by \"the loyal and active aid of the\n1947\nSweden\nall\n1911\nwhole medical profession.\" When the Labour Government succeeded\nSwitzerland\nall\n1940\nVenezuela *\nWinston Churchill's Coalition government a year later, Minister of\nall\n1922\nYugoslavia *\nall\nHealth Aneurin Bevan translated the blueprint into the National\nBRITAIN'S HEALTH ACT\nHealth Service Act. It was passed in 1946 to take effect July 5, 1948.\nThe B.M.A. supported the Act after negotiations about several\nCompetent observers here and abroad have reported favorably\npoints, saying:\nabout Great Britain's program of complete medical, hospital and dental\n\"The Doctors Want a Comprehensive Service. Doctors are not\ncare for everyone, launched July 5, 1948. Unfortunately, sweeping\nagainst a National Health Service. They approve the bulk of the\ncriticisms-however unsupported or even nonsensical-attract more\npresent Act. Doctors have been fighting for years to get their patients\nattention than careful, scholarly reports.\nbetter medical service.\" (Official statement, April, 1948.)\nBecause it is adapted for specific British needs, the program is\nChairman of the B.M.A. Council, Dr. H. Guy Dain, praised the\nnot presented as a formula for us. The similarities and differences\nNational Health Service for its benefit to doctor and patient alike:\nbetween Britain's plan and the President's National Health Insurance\n\"The public were now free to choose their doctor; the doctor was\nare presented at the end of this section.\nfree to go into the service or stay out; he was free to say what he liked\nabout medicine or the Service without supervision; he was free to\nHere are the facts about such important questions as: How do\npractice under the conditions which hold today with very little limitation,\nthe British people and their doctors feel about it ? What does\nit\ncost\n?\nand his success in life would depend on the grood will of the patient.\"\nHow is President Truman's program different?\nBritish People Support It\nThe General Picture, first:\nEvery British opinion poll shows overwhelming public support\nThe Health Service is so popular that it is not a political issue.\nfor the plan. Since it is so popular, Conservative and Labour Parties\nAll parties-Conservative, Liberal, Labor-support it and claim credit\nalike claim credit for the Act. It was not even an issue in Britain's\n1950 election, since its operations were so widely endorsed by the\n* Coverage limited to specific groups in the population.\ndoctors, both parties and the public.\n38\n39"
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