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I think if it's investigated and looked into carefully,
you'll find that the increasing costs of medical care is
parallel or going along with the technological explosion.
In other words, the reason it costs more for medical care
today is because we can do more for people. You're having
to pay the price for saving lives.
Right now at this time, we have a lot of researchers
working night and day to find a cure for cancer. Do we
think that anyone thinks that when that cure is found,
it's going to be cheap? Would we halt the medical progress
and deny people the cure cancer because it's going to
cost too much? I feel as though we can't be so shortsighted.
Mr. Nunnery has admitted a moment ago that in ten years
we may be looking at this problem again. Why? Because
in ten years we have spoken of the fact already that the
population in Iredell County is increasing. In ten years,
we may not have not have enough hospital facilities for
the population. I don't know what's going to happen
in ten years. I am looking forward to the building of
a new hospital in this area, Mr. Nunnery has already
referred to the fact that Iredell Memorial Hospital is
running a very high occupancy rate, and it is already been
pointed out that there is a tug-of-war going on as to
whose going to get the few little extra beds. Well,
I don't think eight beds more, if Iredell Memorial gets
them, I don't think eight beds more is going to cope
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