Medicine: C. P. S. Coup

California Physicians Service, a plan for voluntary prepaid medical care, is a favorite American Medical Association candidate to beat off socialized medicine. This week the C.P.S. plan scored a noteworthy coup: at one stroke it spread over much of the West. Teaming up with similar plans in seven other western states (Washington, Oregon, Montana, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), C.P.S. set up a system of reciprocal services which will cover 1,000,000 members.

For fees ranging from $2.50 a month for a single person to $5 for a family, C.P.S. provides doctoring, nursing, consultation with...

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