Along The Way
By Emily KIII?H? r
People who have good health often
take it for granted. And, today
Americans take extra care to insure
good health.
People are more aware than ever
of the part diet plays in good health,
as well as consistant exercise. And,
(be public is very aware of potential
cancer-causing foods., America's
thinking is geared toward a correct
diet and a long life.
YearS ago people did not have the
same health worries faced today.
S?me of the most deadly diseases of
30 years ago are seldom heard of
today and treatments have been
developed. Appearing in the Feb
ruary 24, 1955 issue of THE DUPLIN
TIMES was a story about Duplin's
and America's health concerns.
The story is reprinted below and
argues the need for health insurance
to ewer medical costs. The same
story could be printed today as a vital
argument for insurance to help pay
medical costs.
Health Problems in Duplin County
Dr. R.F. Willis quoted Confucius
this week in support of his opinions
about the health problems in Duplin
County. "Man who look forward,
never caught from behind," was the
way he expressed it.
"The new hospital," Dr. Willis
said, "represents a fine step forward
in providing medical care for this
area. But there's still the problem of
paying for that care."
He believes that every family
needs some form of health insurance
that will pay for unforeseen medical
and hospital costs. The man who
looks ahead, sees that need and
provides for it, won't be 'caught
from behind.' "
Everybody expects that from time
to time he'll have to see his doctor,
and maybe spend a day or two in
bed nursing a virus. That's no
nrohlpm hp caiH Il\ ihp arriHpnts
that lay a man up for a month or two,
the illnesses that hang on for week
after week, and the ailments that
require hospitalization and surgery
than can cripple a family financially.
Those are the situations, accord
ing to Dr. Willis, that call for
insurance protection to help carry
(he loss of income, and at the same
lime ewer the extra medical ex
penses that are incurred.
Statistics warn, he said, that one
out of every 16 persons will be killed
or disabled by an accident or
sickness. Any day an accident or
sickness can disable the worker and
interrupt his incme.
In 1953, according to Dr. Willis,
prolonged sickne?< ? more than
H. ?>? ?
Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. Errol B. Ouinn of
Magnolia announce the birth of a
son, Seth Torrans Ouinn on January
21,1985 at Duplin General Hospital.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Taylor of Kenansville
and Mr. and Mrs. Bertice Quinn of
Magnolia and the late Samuel E.
Torrans.
four weeks ? among male workers,
accounted for 59 percent of all their
work days lost; among female
workers, 45 percent.
Disabling and fatal casualties to
workers from all accident causes on
and off the job caused total time lost.
direct and indirect, of 315,000,000
man-days, and an economic loss of
$9,100,000,000.
The average person is acutely
conscious of the financial disaster
accident or illness could bring to him
and his family and his need for
protection against it. During 1953
the average economic loss from each
disability of death from accidents in
the United States was $938.
The total estimates annual expen
ditures by people of the United
States for health are $3,800,000,000
for doctors; $2,000,000,000 for hos
pitals; $1,500,000,000 for medicines;
$1,300,000,000 for other items.
in this country, 80,000,000 people
are now insured against hospital
expenses, 55,000,000 against surgi
cal expense, 21,000,000 against
medical expenses and 37,000,000
against the loss of earned income.
Forty-one percent of people in the
United States making less than
$3,000 have some sort of health
insurance, he said. Of those making
over $5,000, it's 80 percent. Yet in
many cases benefits are inadequate
to meet the high cost of medical
treatment and loss of wages due to
sickness and accidents.
"I believe." Dr. Willis said, in
conclusion, "thai every family in
Duplin County should give careful
consideration to some sound.
tomprenensive plan or insurance,
thai will protect himself and hjf
family against the cost of accidenj
and illness."
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Duplin Youth
Advisory
Group Holds
Annual Meeting
The Duplin County Youth Services
advisory council will hold its annual
open meeting Friday, Feb. 8 at 10
a.m. in the Juvenile Court con
ference room in the Duplin County
courthouse.
This open meeting is designed to
allow any public, private non-profit
agency or individual to give input
into the annual finding process for
next year. The YSAC is made up of
volunteers from public agencies and
private citizens and is responsible for
making annual recommendations to
the county commissioners on how to
best utilize money from state and
federal grants awarded to the county
for use in setting up programs to
work with youth who are in need of
< special help.
Chairman Jim Flowers urges any
citizen interested or representatives
of any agency that deals directly with
" youth to be present to deliver
comments or recommendations.
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