Notes of a Soviet Doctor

insurance in this country. True, we have a great quantity of voluntary health insurance, but quantity and effectiveness are not synonymous. By dichotomizing the challenge and allowing only the alternative of sound medical practice, which preserves the physician-patient relationship, or socialism, Dr. Page permits himself to conclude that, " . . . the only practicable scheme that will relieve people from the haunting fear of hospital and medical expenses is a system based on voluntary insurance, backed by government aid." Our first need is for cooperation among interested parties in the organization and development of the philosophy and effectiveness of voluntary health insurance. The accomplishment of this prerequisite could validate the author's conclusions. What Price Medical Care offers the reminiscences of an octogenarian who has witnessed much change in the complex of medical care; however, the question remains unanswered while the challenge continues to grow.