| Show Medical Cost Advance Slow The average American is UI payIng payIng paying pay pay- ing the same share sharo of or his bis paycheck paycheck paycheck pay pay- check toddy for tor health care as he did 20 years ago So stated The Cost of ot Medical Care a new Illustrated booklet just published by the American Medical tion According to Harold Bowman Executive Secretary of or the Utah State Medical A Association actual actual actual ac medical costs have advanced over recent yeats years less than almost almost almost al al- most any other product or ice The facts are aro that the average American IB Is spending only 6 G cents out of or every dollar for health He also spends 6 cents for recreation tion 5 cents for tobacco and li liquor U- U quor 10 cents for clothing VI 12 1 cents tor for travel 22 2 cents for tor food tood and 27 21 cents for housing Then most people would ask Yes but arent aren't my health bills higher than they used to be beT ben In terms of or Inflated dollars naturally naturally I ally but a comparison of the I percentage of Increase In the theor prices of or seine acme things today with 20 years ago is astonishing The booklet also points out that today there are more and better health services available These services have lengthened lives prevented pneumonia and other serious illnesses from taking such sucha a heavy toll toIl of lives caused a much shorter stay In hospitals hospitals- hence the cost of ot being sick and absent from work is s often otten lees Ices And today thousands leave hospi well who would have died 20 years ago J. J voluntary voluntary health insurance Insurance insurance ance pays 52 billion of or the health healthcare healthcare healthcare care bills of ot Insured people And 72 per cent of ot the total population have one ono of four types of or voluntary voluntary voluntary volun volun- tary health insurance Because of ot advances In medical science because of ot the protection of health Insurance our our- healthcare health healthcare healthcare care dollar buys more and better tetter health care services than ever before |
