AGED AREN'T SOLD ON AMA BILL

Aged aren't Sold On AMA Bill By EVE EDSTROM In WASHINGTON POST The claims are endless but the nations ailing aged are convinced they are false. They insist that the KerrMills law does not protect all senior citizens who cannot meet the costs of serious or longtime illness. They know that the KerrMills law does not provide unlimited benefits with medical aid authorized for any person over 65 who needs help. They deny that the KerrMills law for the medically indigent is being put into operation in 46 states.

Yet each of these claims has been made by the American Medical Asso ciation in published advertisements attacking President Kennedys pro posal to provide healthcare benefits for the aged through Social Security ed it can be expected that similar claims will be made next month by the AMA when the House Ways and Means Committee begins hearings on T f er j yf p an. In offuna booklet as wel as its paid advertisements the AMA insists tha socml security financing of health care is totally unnecessary became KerrMills will do the job. It states that under KerrMills Ca f e 1S authorized for any and any is italicized person over.