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T h e J o u r n a l o f t h e A m e r ic a n D e n t a l A sso c ia t io n
There will be m ajor differences, how ever, from Britain’s Beveridge plan, which is presented graphically in the accompanying chart. In this country, the proposals include a much wider coverage of the populatioji, embracing all those now excluded from old age and unemployment insur ance benefits, such as professional per sons, farmers and the self-employed ; w ith a larger scope and greater duration for many of the social security benefits ; protection against disability and provi sion of hospital facilities ; maternity ; fu neral and other payments, and improve ments of the public assistance systems in the various states. If undertaken, the program “ could play the dual role of providing protec tion to individuals and families against the loss of income which they may suffer for one reason or another after the war, when a decline in employment m ay be expected, while m aintaining consumer purchasing power and thus helping to maintain employment at higher levels.”
MAJOR
DIFFERENCES.— Some of the m ajor points in which the Am erican plan would differ from the Beveridge proposal are.: ( i) it would not alter workmen’s compensation covered by the states ; ( 2 ) it would provide against the loss of earnings from ill health and dis ability; (3) it would provide children’s allowances only in connection with the payment of benefits for the various haz ards against which the breadwinner was insured (the Beveridge plan proposes children’s allowances regardless of whether the insured person has suffered any of the hazards insured), and (4) it would provide for contributions and benefits as a percentage of wages, instead o f flat rate contributions and benefits. Further, the coverage would be less extensive than that proposed under the Beveridge plan. In summary, the Am erican plan pro poses a system of contributory social
insurance covering virtually all em ployes for all hazards, and covering pro fessional persons, farmers and other selfemployed persons in the case of old-age retirement benefits, permanent total ben efits and widows’, orphans’ and depend ent parents’ benefits.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS N e w S e r ie s o f T w e l v e P am ph le ts O ffe re d
A new series o f twelve pamphlets, each of which deals with one of the dental questions frequently asked by the public, is now available for distribution to the profession and to the public, according to Lon W . Morrey, director of the Bu reau. T h e series was prepared in re sponse to the m any inquiries which in dicate a growing interest on the part of the public in the problems of dental health. This interest has been materially increased by the publication in 140 news papers of the' Bureau’s popular column “ Y ou r Dental I. Q .” T he first article of the series, “ Your Teeth— H ow T h ey Grow,” written by Isaac Schour, was published in the Jan uary 1 issue of T h e J o u r n a l . T h e sec ond, “Dental Caries— Causes, Prevention and Correction,” b y Basil G. Bibby, ap peared in the February 1 issue. Other titles in the series a r e : “Diseases of the Gums with Particular Reference to G in givitis and Pyorrhea,” “Vincent’s Infec tion,” “ M ottled Enamel,” “ D iet and Its Relation to Tooth Development,” “ Caries and Periodontal Disease,* “ Filling M a terials,” “ O rthodontia,” “ Toothbrushes,” “Dentifrices and M o u t h W a s h e s , ” “ Toothbrushing” and “ Artificial D e n tures.”
T h e J o u r n a l o f t h e A m e r ic a n D e n t a l A sso c ia t io n
There will be m ajor differences, how ever, from Britain’s Beveridge plan, which is presented graphically in the accompanying chart. In this country, the proposals include a much wider coverage of the populatioji, embracing all those now excluded from old age and unemployment insur ance benefits, such as professional per sons, farmers and the self-employed ; w ith a larger scope and greater duration for many of the social security benefits ; protection against disability and provi sion of hospital facilities ; maternity ; fu neral and other payments, and improve ments of the public assistance systems in the various states. If undertaken, the program “ could play the dual role of providing protec tion to individuals and families against the loss of income which they may suffer for one reason or another after the war, when a decline in employment m ay be expected, while m aintaining consumer purchasing power and thus helping to maintain employment at higher levels.”
MAJOR
DIFFERENCES.— Some of the m ajor points in which the Am erican plan would differ from the Beveridge proposal are.: ( i) it would not alter workmen’s compensation covered by the states ; ( 2 ) it would provide against the loss of earnings from ill health and dis ability; (3) it would provide children’s allowances only in connection with the payment of benefits for the various haz ards against which the breadwinner was insured (the Beveridge plan proposes children’s allowances regardless of whether the insured person has suffered any of the hazards insured), and (4) it would provide for contributions and benefits as a percentage of wages, instead o f flat rate contributions and benefits. Further, the coverage would be less extensive than that proposed under the Beveridge plan. In summary, the Am erican plan pro poses a system of contributory social
insurance covering virtually all em ployes for all hazards, and covering pro fessional persons, farmers and other selfemployed persons in the case of old-age retirement benefits, permanent total ben efits and widows’, orphans’ and depend ent parents’ benefits.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS N e w S e r ie s o f T w e l v e P am ph le ts O ffe re d
A new series o f twelve pamphlets, each of which deals with one of the dental questions frequently asked by the public, is now available for distribution to the profession and to the public, according to Lon W . Morrey, director of the Bu reau. T h e series was prepared in re sponse to the m any inquiries which in dicate a growing interest on the part of the public in the problems of dental health. This interest has been materially increased by the publication in 140 news papers of the' Bureau’s popular column “ Y ou r Dental I. Q .” T he first article of the series, “ Your Teeth— H ow T h ey Grow,” written by Isaac Schour, was published in the Jan uary 1 issue of T h e J o u r n a l . T h e sec ond, “Dental Caries— Causes, Prevention and Correction,” b y Basil G. Bibby, ap peared in the February 1 issue. Other titles in the series a r e : “Diseases of the Gums with Particular Reference to G in givitis and Pyorrhea,” “Vincent’s Infec tion,” “ M ottled Enamel,” “ D iet and Its Relation to Tooth Development,” “ Caries and Periodontal Disease,* “ Filling M a terials,” “ O rthodontia,” “ Toothbrushes,” “Dentifrices and M o u t h W a s h e s , ” “ Toothbrushing” and “ Artificial D e n tures.”