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Show The Sulinu Sun, August 21, l!7X, I'ag Readers Ask Beautification Judging Entries in the Beautification Contest next judged Salma will be week by judges, according to Lula Anderson, who serves as chairman of the local commitand tee to promote the clean-uenhancement of the city. . Cash prizes of $25 for first and $10 for second will lx-- awarded in each of the three divisions: most beautiful, most improved - new home, and most improved - older home. Mayor Leah Conover, who submitted the city's entry in the -- beautification category of the Utah Community Progress contest, toured the city Tuesday with the judges, three from Salt Lake City and one from Colorado Springs, Colo. She said the group, who inspected the city, were real impressed" and made many favorable comments, as well as suggestions. The city has begun a campaign to clean up property, she said, and is notifying property owners by letter. Biggest offenders, she . . . ABOUT HOSPITAL In the letter, the city asks the owner to clean up the weeds and trash on the property, and sets a time limit to accomplish it. If the owner fails to cooperate, the city will clean up the property and bill the owner. The cost may be attached to the property tax notice, she said. n property COSTS IIow much have health care costs risen? 9 weed-covere- d noted, are owners. 10 The city, by cutting ditch banks and roadsides, as well as burning weeds, attempts to keep weeds under control in the city. about 1,(X)0 Total health care costs have soared in the past decade. While Americans spent $42 billion on health care in 1966, medical expenses totaled $140 billion in 1976. Hospital care is the single largest and most rapidly rising component of health care costs, representing 45 per cent of the total bill. Hospital costs have increased per cent since 1950 about seven times the rate of inflation! What are the causes of increased hospital bills? One important cause is the rise of third party payers. At present, 92 per cent of all Americans Vi ) ) arc covered by either government or private health insurance, so very few individuals pay V hospital bills directly. Traditionally, insurance companies and government medical plans have reimbursed hospitals for a high percentage of their charges without questioning the validity of the charges. Only recently have these third parties begun to question the size of the bills presented to them. This failure to examine closely hospital charges has resulted in an enormous increase in private insurance premiums and the cost of government programs. d hospital workers Wage increases for traditionally and the growth of expensive technology have also added to the cost. In addition, there are 100,000 excess hospital beds in this country due to overexpansion of hospital, at an estimated cost of $2 billion a year. The extra capacity tends to increase the length of hospital stays, as administrators try to maintain occupancy rates. Longer stays are encouraged, too, by an excess number of surgeons, partially financed by federal educational grants, who must compete for patients and are therefore more likely to recommend surgery. These problems arc compounded by an insurance system that often will pay only for services rendered to f Baked Beans were mentioned for the first time in Mrs. S. M. Child's The Frugal Housewife" in 1829. low-pai- IIow can we control hospital cost escalation? The federal government has already moved to reduce subsidies for further hospital construc-- I tion and surgeon training. Closing some inefficient hospitals is also necessary to reduce the excess ( capacity. Encouraging the sharing of expensive medical equipment by nearby hospitals and re- quiring a second opinion before surgery can re duce unnecessary costs. Increasing insurance coverage of treatment can reduce costs and may actually be more beneficial for the patient than hospital stays. methods that could be applied are the Other less expensive paramedical increased use of personnel to handle routine procedures, the setting of prospective rate schedules to assure reasonable charges and the encouragement of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs). Under an HMO plan, the subscriber pays a yearly fee and is then given all the medical care he requires at no extra charge. HMOs generally pay physicians on a salaried basis, and because they must operate on a fixed budget and can retain any monies left over at the end of the year, they have proven effective in holding down medical costs. p MAKVENJ. OGDEN nt well-traine- d, Receives Distinguished Service Award DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD-Sevi- er County Extension Agent Marven J. 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