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Said Bevan to the Tredegar Aid Society: "I believe that orthopedic surgery can be of great benefit to many miners and I would fight all the doctors of the British Medical Association to prove my point." Or he would cry in his Welsh singsong: "If a specialist is away in Bristol, why should we not be able to send our men to him? Why should not a miner have the right to the best treatment...
Although the majority of British doctors were originally opposed to it, 86% have joined the plan. Not all have done so because they wanted to, but because they could not earn enough money from private practice any more. Few can afford to hold out. Said one fashionable specialist: "Let's not be blind. In a few years, there'll probably be no private practice at all. All you do by not joining the plan is eventually to commit hara-kiri...
...Zealand has had compulsory insurance since 1938. Costs come from a general social security levy of 7.5% on all incomes. Nearly 2,000,000 New Zealanders are entitled to free medical care except for specialist services. Most telling criticism has been that doctors are doing so well financially that they neglect research and spurn lower-paying hospital posts...
Because of his toughness during the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson was nicknamed "Old Hickory" by his soldiers. Last week, a specialist in reconstructing diagnoses of historical figures reported that he rated the title. By the time it was conferred on him, Old Hickory, 46, had had smallpox, osteomyelitis, malaria, dysentery, rheumatism and half a dozen other assorted diseases; in his chest was a dueler's bullet that was to plague him until he died...
Professor LeCorbeiller's appointment marks the first time that a scholar and specialist has been assigned solely to College instruction in a wide field, with no graduate school duties...