Show I I I I I C of l living ng Risen I Faster Than Cost of Medical Expenses I I U. U S S. S Department of ot labor tabor statistics sta sta- show cost of living pur pure purchases purchases chases by the average consumer er shot up more than per percent percent cent In the past 20 years ears while fees charged by physicians to help keep people living advanced ed cd Just 78 per cent In the same period The federal statisticians report costs for such services as ns haircuts and shoe repairs have Increased far more Sharply than the fees for cutting out but tonsils or repairing broken bones The Th Bureau of Labor Statistics ics reports a rise of per cent I in the price of haircuts since 1938 19 38 8 with shoe hoe repair costs up per cent and transportation I costs rose per r cent in the theO 20 year Oear O- O ear span pan A further breakdown Indicates are charged less Jess of an in percentage terms term for repairs on their dam dame ng KU u or malfunctioning bodies han ban t fit fixing the family auto auto- I mobile Auto repair prices climb climbed climb I Id I'd 84 p per t cent in two decades decade while fee schedules scheduleR of Utah gen gene general eral cral er t r a and surgeons surgeon rising ie lefts leil s than most other t st- st of-living of items Hems show a 72 p percent per percent r cent Increase le l In general ti fb fees Cels s and n a 69 9 per percent cent I sUrg surgeons surgeon's fee raise Cost of operating a a atypically typically m modern modern size modest-size general gen f office in Utah estimated est est- at t a month In ht 1938 1950 I have ha risen to per month this his year according to the Utah I r State Strite Medical Association Moun Moun- Mounting ting lingo rental light fuel fuet Moun-I Moun equipment equipment equip equip- ment phone charges tramper tramper- transportation transportation I tation supplies office and other othe costs mean a physician chin cian practicing in a represent nt ate metropolitan clinic now pays pars 1400 to moet meet n normal office of of- flee fice fl f. f C costs tS it was Wag reported I i The statistical surveys indicate mistakenly blame doctors for fot the overall Verall rise in the cost of health care Hospital costs arid and the price of drugs and med med- medicines while rising sharply in 20 years rose in with thE overall per cent cost of I I living livins increase the Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show It is pointed out that the cost I of operating hotels motels and ordinary households has risen in ina a manner paralleling mounting hospital ital costs with payroll and and food increases ses n a major factor I I I In tn the cost rise It was likewise noted i that while drugstore prices paid for lor antibiotics are far higher than those for lor pills pUIs and andI medicines 20 years ago ngo the new remedies are for far more effective In a recently announced Utah rise In Blue Cross and Blue Shield hospitalization and medical Insurance in insurance insurance In- In rates 22 per cent of the necessary Income goes to physIcian physician physician phy phy- fees fes with 77 per el cent goIng going going go go- ing to the hospitals In a n typical cal cat contract covering employees and families coverage rates rate were raised from 1235 month a to 15 f The surgical medical care fee l GO 00 cents a month while the remainder of the rate rise re in the nonprofit insurance ce larl goes to hospital hospital- l- l the rate Increase Is 5 per cent for lor doctor bills and 17 per cent for lor hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital care The rate increase resulted resulted re tee suited from studies by the nonprofit nonprofit non none profit groups a n year ago well welt before the onset of the recession |