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Show Cutting the Cost of Health I ! The attempt of Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philanthro- j pist, to lower hospital fees and bills for medical attention ; will meet with hearty approval of the average man. ii Most hospitals are endowed, yet they seem to charge ! sums that are beyond the power of the average citizen to ;! meet without hardship. It is of course easy to say that no ,! timount is too largo to pay for health but large fees often jl result in the victim foregoing medical attention and so losing !l his health completely. jl The average family spends hundreds of dollars a year 'I for the services of medical "specialists." Unquestionably, ; these do their work efficiently in most cases; their tcch- ! oique is a vast improvement on that of -a century ago. ; Rut health should be made available to everyone at mini- ' mum cost. The endowment of clinics and' hospitals by I wealthy citizens should mean a lowering . of fees, so that ! treatment may be available to the humblest, citizen. |