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Show Blue Cross Unit to Stop Cedar Service D. O. Wight, Executive Director of the Intermountaln Hospital Service Plan recently informed the Iron County Hospital Board that Blue Cross Services to Group No. 836, or the Cedar City Group, would be discontinued September Septem-ber 1, 194a The reason for this decision is the fact that membership member-ship has not Increased sufficiently sufficient-ly to Justify this program on a communlty-wlde basis. When an entire community Is accepted Into In-to the plan the membership necessarily ne-cessarily has to be high. Mr. Wight stated that during some of the six months periods that Blue Cross had been in Cedar Ce-dar City more had been paid out for hospital bills of members of the group than had been received receiv-ed in memberships for the same period of time. This condition could net continue . further and It, therefore, became necessary to withdraw this service on a community com-munity basis. No contracts for Croup No. 836 will be renewed after their expiration ex-piration September 1st. llr. Wight stated. |