THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Rift Begins Over Israel Compulsory Health Insurance
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
compulsory national health
insurance bill that will not
take effect before April 1978
has already stirred a bitter
battle between its propo-
nents and opponents in Is-
rael.
The opposition is not
against the principle of na-
tional health insurance but
to the contents of the draft
measure approved two
weeks ago by the Knesset's
Public Services Committee.
The bill would introduce
compulsory health insur-
ance through any one of the
existing health funds, most
of which are affiliated with
political parties. It is ex-
pected to pass its final read-
ing before the Knesset ad-
journs for summer recess.
The bill in its present
form is supported by the La-
bor Alignment and the
Rakah Communist Party.
Most other parties oppose it
for a variety of reasons and
their opposition has been
strengthened by the Israel
Medical Association, the
Pharmacists Association
and other groups in the
medical and health fields.
One of the main points of
controversy is . the estab-
lishment of compulsory
insurance through exist-
ing funds rather than a
state-financed indepen-
dent health service. Critics
say that the existing funds
are inefficient and that the
state-run Institute of So-
cial Insurance can provide
the same services at a
fraction of the cost.
The proposed bill would
have the minister of health
determine the premiums.
Opponents want a public
council to make that deci-
sion. But the greatest oppos-
ition has been engendered
by the bill's failure to guar-
antee that a subscriber who
wishes to leave one fund for
another will not be subject
to reprisals from the health
fund he is quitting.
Under the present sys-
tem, a worker cannot bene-
fit from the Histadrut medi-
cal services unless he is a
member of Histadrut and if
he is a member he is re-
quired to subscribe to the
Histadrut sick fund. Under
Flint Area News
FJCC Names Executive Officer
Arnold S. Feder, formerly
of Seattle, has assumed the
position of Executive Direc-
tor of the Flint Jewish Com-
munity Council.
Born in Nova Scotia,
Feder was regional director
for the Atlantic region of
the Zionist Organization of
Canada, the United Jewish
Appeal and the Canadian
Jewish Congress. He also
was regional director of the
Pacific Region of the United
Jewish Appeal of Canada.
Since 1970, Feder has
been the assistant director
of the Jewish Federation of
Greater Seattle where he in-
itiated a plan developing the
first all-city High School of
Jewish Studies, a teachers'
training institute, and an
ongoing adult education
program.
Israeli Prostitutes
Doing Quite Well
FJCC Leadership
Sets Family Picnic
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The world's oldest profes-
sion is flourishing in Israel
where prostitutes can earn
up to $130 a day, according
to Hebrew University re-
searcher Dr. Menahem
Amir. Street walkers with a
strong work ethic accommo-
date 12-15 clients a day,
Amir said. Higher class call
girls take fewer clients but
charge much more, he said.
Amir reported that ac-
cording to police figures,
there are 600-800 known
prostitutes working in Tel
Aviv, Israel's largest city. In
Jerusalem, the second larg-
est, only about 80 are known
to police, and in the third
largest city, Haifa, there are
no more than 40 although
Haifa is Israel's main port
visited by seamen from all
over the world.
Israeli prostitutes might
well be the envy of their sis-
ters in other parts of the
globe. Only 15-20 percent
have pimps. Most of the
girls keep all of their earn-
ings for themselves, Amir
said.
The Flint Jewish Commu-
nity Council's leadership
development group will have
a family picnic 4 p.m. Sun-
day at Burroughs Park for
members and their families,.
announce Emily Bank and
Carol Olds, chairmen of the
group.
the proposed measure, a
worker may transfer to an-
other fund at six-month in-
tervals but has no guarantee
that if he does so, he will not
suffer sanctions at the
hands of the giant trade
union federation.
The Independent Liberal
Party, a coalition partner,
has threatened to vote
against the bill unless guar-
antees are written into it.
Most observers expect the
draft to be revised several
times before it is imple-
mented nearly two years
from now.
Friday, July 30, 1976 15
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Author Amoz Oz
Injured in Mishap
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Amos Oz, the internation-
ally famous Israeli author,
is in Shaare Zedek Hospital
recovering from serious in-
ternal injuries he sustained
last week in an automobile
accident on the Jerusalem-
Tel Aviv road.
A hospital spokesman
said Oz's life was not in dan-
ger but his recovery will be
a long process. His two
daughters suffered less seri-
ous injuries in the accident.
Oz is the author of a
string of successful novels
that have been translated
into English and other lan-
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