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Title: Ketcham V. King County Medical Service Corp.
Author : Supreme Court of Washington
Release Date : January 16, 1972
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 86 KB

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A hallmark of our times is the growth of prepaid medical service and health care programs throughout the country. These programs usually arise out of contract among doctors, hospitals, pharmacists, subscribers and administrators and sometimes include other licensed practitioners of the healing arts such as optometrists, chiropractors and podiatrists. In 1969, the legislature enacted Laws of 1969, ch. 143, p. 504 (RCW 48.44.025), which provided that, if a patient subscribing to any such plan in this state received vision care from a licensed optometrist, the medical service program of which the patient is a member must reimburse the patient for the optometrist's fee even though such optometrist -- or any other optometrist -- is not a contracting participant in the program.