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Would the present proposal improve the facility
in Mooresville? Yes it would. Would it be the best for
all of southern Iredell County? We do not think so.
The proposal that initially shows or does show a
projected increase in hospital useage from 1982 to 1988,
this is projected as 18.6% and shows the increase retrospectively
from 1973 to 1980 of 16.8% as justification. Looking at
this more closely, why were seven years' use in retrospect
and what happened to 1981? Simple. if a five-year projection
were compared to the previous five years, it would not
be a 16.8% increase, there would be a 12% decrease in hospital
utilization. The average percentage increase in patient
charges is proposed to average 13% per year by Lowrance and
14% by Iredell Memorial.
The actual increase on a yearly basis is 14%, this is
for Lowrance, for 1982. 17% for 1983, 18% for 1984, and
10% for years thereafter. This amounts a 49% increase in the
next three years. Why is this important? Congress just
last Thursday, three working days ago, passed a bill decreasing
Medicare output by $11.5 billion through 1985, In this bill,
there's a cap of 10% increase to Medicare recipients.
This would mean that our revenues would be limited to an
increase of 13% over the next three years, but a 49% increase
is projected. Who's going to pay the 19%, where's it going
to come from? The original proposal projected 33,000 patient
wx 25 Pa.,E987