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i i2 l.... v: -- - 3 wAffr Columbia TK" 6th Year No. 139 Good Morning! It's Friday, February 24, 1984 2 Sections 14 Pages 25 Cents jBBWBBWpBKHWPjg B H r i HH IRs5i5gJBr3Kl3H'? J2pt .''& n'- SaBWi5wSasM- R flBI&' rfBa HMHMMHffS55steBiifiEJBBJifc Edmund Lo -- - lr Cathy Walters and her daughters Amy, 4, left, and Missy, 3, A COlUmn lCi play outdoors in the spring- lik- e weather at the Columns on the University's Francis Quadrangle. Harassment case over University official still faces earlier charge By Chele M Caughron Missourlan slaM writer More than a y ear after the Univer-sity ' s Director of Equal Opportunity was charged with sexual ha-rassment, he has been cleared, according to the University Last fall, the U S. Equal Employ-ment Opportunity Commission and the Office for CiviJ Rights ruled that there was no reason to believe the charges made against Alton Zanders by his former assistant, Mary Hofe- re- k, were true, according to a Un-iversity press release The announcement came so late because there was a 90- da- y wait to allow the case to go into litigation and Hoferek chose not to appeal the ruling, the University said There could be a legal hitch, how-ever. Hoferek's former attorney, Kath- enn- e Gidlow, said Thursday that she doesn't think Hoferek has received a right- to- su- e letter yet, which would begin the 90- da- y litigation period Gidlow said the Equal Employment Commission mailed the letter to Ho-ferek's Columbia address and it was not forwarded to Hoferek, now as-sistant director of affirmative action at the University of Kansas in Law- - rence The letter was returned to the commission, Gidlow said Gidlow receded a copy of the let-ter in October, but has not been Ho-ferek's attorney since Jul Gidlow said neither Hoferek nor her current attorney has been sent another letter informing them of Hoferek's right to sue. Hoferek could not be reached for comment Slightly more than a month after Zanders fired Hoferek at the end of her six- mon- th probationary period on Oct 14. 1982, she filed federal grievances alleging that Zanders vi-olated University policies regarding breach of contract, sex discrimina-tion and sexual harassment Zanders would not comment on the ruling, except for a written statement released Thursday. " Ob-viously the false allegations, as well as the publicity emanating from them, caused my family and me a great deal of pain." he said Despite the University announce-ment. Zanders still faces similar charges elsewhere Hoferek first filed her complaint in October 1982 with the Umversit's grievance committee, hoping to re-gain her job The committee found her charges unwarranted A rep resentative of the Universit gnev- anc- e committee said Zanders fired her because of unsatisfactory per-formance Following the University';, re-sponse, several University employ-ees requested that Chancellor Bar-bara Uehling conduct a formal investigation of the Office of Equal Opportunity Uehling, however, re-fused, saying she conducts regular investigations of all departments In 1977, an assistant to Zanders while he was director of the Educa-tional Opportunity Program at the State University of New York's Col-lege of Environmental Science and Forestry filed sexual harassment charges' before the New York Divi-sion of Human Rights Ixis Wilson alleged that Zanders reduced her maximum working hours, asked her to consent to an extra- marit- al relationship, then reacted violently to her rebuffs and discriminated against her on the basis of sex Marti Ellerman. of SUNY's office of University Counsel and vice chan-cellor for legal affairs, has said Zanders denied all of Wilson's charges The case still is pending, but should be resolved soon Case builds against limo service By Pat Lee Missourian staff writer JEFFERSON CITY Columbia officials and the Public Service Com-mission spent 4Vz hours Thursday stacking evidence and testimonials, some shaky and others solid, in an attempt to strip the current operator of the Columbia Regional Airport Limousine service of his license. The commission is expected to reach a decision within 30 days on whether to revoke the operating li-cense of Clifford Shull, owner of the only limo service at the airport, one commissioner said PSC Assistant General Counsel Eric Banks, who presented the state commission's case, said that Shull's operation is inconvenient, inefficient and independable. In his case against Shull, Banks offered several letters of complaint from private cit-izens and businessmen, results of a PSC investigation including an audit of the company, and the testimony of city and state officials Banks first filed a complaint against Shull Jan 10, after which Shull was given 30 days to respond The prehearing was held Feb 9 Although the prosecutor spent most of the hearing presenting charges, the atmosphere was not completely anb.- Sh. u- ll. While most of the allegations stemmed from spe-cific incidents, several were general and lacked extensive documenta-tion. The PSC Transportation Enforce-ment Division conducted an investi-gation of the luno service March 31, 1983, after receiving complaints of inadequate service. Enforcement In-vestigator Bill Phillips said he no-ticed Shull did not show up for seve-ral flights on three days March 31, May 12 and June 2 of last year. But Phillips' report caused some confusion He said the investigation wasn't conducted under documented guidelines. And he didn't investigate why Shull had failed to show up for the flights When testimony focused on why Shull was having problems meeting all the flights, the luno operator claimed he had been misled by state officials Shull said he had misunderstood the requirements of the tariff to op-erate a limousine. He said he always had assumed he was required to meet every flight ShuU's attorney, William Mays, said his client's authorization to op-erate the limo service only states that Shull must meet every flight that he agrees to meet Like every limo service, Shull is required to submit a working time schedule to See SHULL, Page 10A Bills would make drivers pay for their accidents y Mike Coit tate capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY For two weeks last anuary, Shirley Borggren had to catch des with friends or take cabs to work be- Etu- se of a traffic accident she says was not er fault. Her car had been heavily damaged in a affic accident with a pickup truck in Neva-- a. The driver of the truck was uninsured, orggren's own insurance paid the $ 1,300 re- a- ir bills, but it wouldn't cover a rental car. jid Borggren said she could not afford the 500 to rentacar. " I would have lost my job if I couldn't ave found rides or some other transporta- o- n to work because I couldn't afford to rent car," Borggren said. Repairs to her car were covered by unin- ure- d motorist protection a provision tate law requires in all auto insurance. But DCaDKTf the provision doesn't cover car rentals. Borggren works at the Nevada Habilita- tio- n Center during the day, and at a restau-rant at night She received a $ 20 raise last July, her first pay increase in three years, and she says she simply can't afford to be on the road with uninsured motorists. " We carried insurance because we have to look out for ourselves," said Borggren's daughter, Denise, who was driving the car at the tune of the accident " Everyone should have auto insurance and it isn't fair other-wise." Many state lawmakers have heard the an-ger voiced by the Borggrens and others, prompting legislation to require drivers prove they can pay for an accident before a license is issued. There are three bills under consideration in the House Insurance Committee, and two in the Senate Insurance Committee which propose mandatory auto insurance for all Missouri motorists. This week, the Senate Insurance Commi-ttee approved one of those bills and sent it to the full Senate. Sponsored by Sen. Harold Caskey, D- Butl- er, it would require all state motorists to be covered by liability insur-ance, or a certificate of self-- insurance. Liability policies cover property damage and medical costs incurred by passengers in-volved in an accident in which they weren't at fault. Such coverage is the minimum necessary, according to Greg Hill, a State Farm Insur-ance Co. agent in Columbia. Under current state law, however, a mo-torist isn't required to have insurance, and if an uninsured motorist is at fault in an acci-dent, according to Hill, he usually doesn't pay for the damages. " In my experience either the driver who isn't at fault has collision coverage so that their insurance company pays for the dam-ages, or they're stuck," Hill said. Caskey said that roughly 20 percent to 30 percent of Missouri motorists are uninsured Although his bill wouldn't get all of these drivers off the road, he predicted the risk of being caught will get most to comply. " The bill takes a similar approach to Ari-zona laws in that 100 percent compliance with mandatory liability coverage will result when a person applies for car registration since they will be required to show proof of insurance coverage," Caskey said " Motorists who are registered will have a 10 percent chance of being caught by the state motor vehicle division if they receive a traffic ticket and a 100 percent chance if in-volved in an accident" A first offense would result in a $ 100 fine and a 30- da- y suspension of both driver's li-cense and vehicle registration A second of-fense within three years would mean a $ 500 fine and loss of license and registration for six months, and a third offense within three years would result in a $ 750 fine and loss of license and registration for one year. The difficulty with such legislation, according to Hill, is that a fine line exists be-tween the state's responsibility to low-- and fixed- incom- e citizens who can't afford cover-age, and its responsibility to insured motor-ists. Shu- le- y Borggren, however, considers the issue in more defined terms " A welfare recipient . . can't honestly say that they can't afford insurance due to I their fixed income," Borggren said. " Be-cause many such people are young and can probably find some employment to pay for their insurance if they need to drive that badly" ( Jehling says campus cut costs; 31son paints a different picture y Teresa Moran Hasourlan staff writer Just hours before University Pres- le- nt James Olson outlined the light of the University system for le Columbia Rotary Club Thursday, hanceOor Barbara Uehling found ome brighter news to talk about. The Columbia campus has been ble to stretch its $ 130 million budget j make the University $ 20 million lore efficient this fiscal year than it ? as in 1979, Uehling said at her wnthly press conference. Cost- cut- i- ng measures, raising and rechan- eun- g funds as well as cutting fac- It- y positions have helped make the fclumbia campus more efficient in lie last five years, she said. Olson painted a different picture jr the Rotary Club. He told the roup that system- wid- e, the Univer- lt- y has 75 percent less buying power ianithadfnl980. " I'm supnsed we've been able to eep afloat this long," he said. During the past four years student ees have been increased by 55 per-- cent maintenance work and equip-ment needs have been pushed aside, and faculty have been dismissed, Ol-son said. " Unless the situation is corrected, our best people will leave. Not all, but enough to seriously endanger quality," he added. Olson, who will retire in July, ex-pressed fear about declining enroll-ment In 1990, there will be 24 per-cent fewer 18- year-- olds than in 1979. Fewer students combined with in-creasing competition from other state institutions could create a se-rious problem, he said. Though projections show a drop in enrollment every year, the ratio of students to faculty has increased, University officials said. They said some money was saved by cutting 70 ranked faculty positions and adding 23 unranked instructors between 1979 and 1982. By eliminating high- sala- ry positions and hiring some un-ranked instructors for less money, the campus has become more effi-cient saving about $ 7.2 million. However, the decrease in faculty, has increased the remaining faculty workload by 15 percent The un-ranked instructors have absorbed 11 percent more of the workload. While the result has been an increased ra-tio of students to faculty, Uehling said at her press conference that fur-ther increases could be made with-out hurting the education quality. The campus has saved about $ 6 5 million annually by following an en-ergy management program. It has cut energy usage by one- thi- rd since 1970. The new campus mail service, simplified bill- payin- g system and trash- haulin- g and janitorial con-tracts have saved the University $ 250,000. The merging of depart-ments in administrative services and elimination of 16 positions also has freed an additional $ 250,000. In addition, $ 857,000 from special administrative accounts has been re- chann- eled to a fund for the Ellis Li-brary expansion plan and the medi-cal school addition that includes a Health Sciences Library. Campus auxiliary operations pre- - M 1 HbSs "" 3EvMBtAf IISHh iLLLr rikrB Barbara Uehling James Olson We are more efficient We lost buying power viously supported by UMC have freed $ 1.65 million by covering all or some- o- f their administrative costs to save money. Now, the University Hospital, Brady Commons and the residence halls are financially self- supporti- ng. Uehling has said that although the Columbia campus is more efficient than in past years, the need remains to cut programs. The University sys-tem must raise about $ 40 million to meet objectives set by the Long Range Planning and Steering Com-mittee. By Oct. 15, all four campuses must have program reviews com-pleted and turned m to the Board of Curators. The curators will then de-cide which programs should be cut, maintained, reduced or enhanced. There is also the possibility of rid-ding the campus of duplicative pro-grams by merging departments, Uehling said. Doctors consider freeze on fees Chicago Sun Times CHICAGO America's physi-cians were asked by the Chicago- base- d American Medical Associa-tion Thursday to freeze their fees, possibly for up to a year, to help the economic recovery The California Medical Asso-ciation last week called for an across- the- boar- d, one- ye- ar freeze on fees. Last year, the Texas Medical Association and the Med-ical Association of Georgia took similar actons. Dr. Robert C. Hamilton, incom-ing president of the Illinois State Medical Society, said his group will consider the idea at its an-nual meeting in April. Hamilton, a sports medicine specialist, sees the " unilateral freeze" as an opportunity for phy-sicians to lead hospitals and other providers in cutting the nation's health- car- e bills, which now ex-ceed $ 300 billion a year. But, he said, a freeze of physi-cian fees would have only a slight effect, because they constitute only 20 percent of total medical costs.
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Item.Transcript | i i2 l.... v: -- - 3 wAffr Columbia TK" 6th Year No. 139 Good Morning! It's Friday, February 24, 1984 2 Sections 14 Pages 25 Cents jBBWBBWpBKHWPjg B H r i HH IRs5i5gJBr3Kl3H'? J2pt .''& n'- SaBWi5wSasM- R flBI&' rfBa HMHMMHffS55steBiifiEJBBJifc Edmund Lo -- - lr Cathy Walters and her daughters Amy, 4, left, and Missy, 3, A COlUmn lCi play outdoors in the spring- lik- e weather at the Columns on the University's Francis Quadrangle. Harassment case over University official still faces earlier charge By Chele M Caughron Missourlan slaM writer More than a y ear after the Univer-sity ' s Director of Equal Opportunity was charged with sexual ha-rassment, he has been cleared, according to the University Last fall, the U S. Equal Employ-ment Opportunity Commission and the Office for CiviJ Rights ruled that there was no reason to believe the charges made against Alton Zanders by his former assistant, Mary Hofe- re- k, were true, according to a Un-iversity press release The announcement came so late because there was a 90- da- y wait to allow the case to go into litigation and Hoferek chose not to appeal the ruling, the University said There could be a legal hitch, how-ever. Hoferek's former attorney, Kath- enn- e Gidlow, said Thursday that she doesn't think Hoferek has received a right- to- su- e letter yet, which would begin the 90- da- y litigation period Gidlow said the Equal Employment Commission mailed the letter to Ho-ferek's Columbia address and it was not forwarded to Hoferek, now as-sistant director of affirmative action at the University of Kansas in Law- - rence The letter was returned to the commission, Gidlow said Gidlow receded a copy of the let-ter in October, but has not been Ho-ferek's attorney since Jul Gidlow said neither Hoferek nor her current attorney has been sent another letter informing them of Hoferek's right to sue. Hoferek could not be reached for comment Slightly more than a month after Zanders fired Hoferek at the end of her six- mon- th probationary period on Oct 14. 1982, she filed federal grievances alleging that Zanders vi-olated University policies regarding breach of contract, sex discrimina-tion and sexual harassment Zanders would not comment on the ruling, except for a written statement released Thursday. " Ob-viously the false allegations, as well as the publicity emanating from them, caused my family and me a great deal of pain." he said Despite the University announce-ment. Zanders still faces similar charges elsewhere Hoferek first filed her complaint in October 1982 with the Umversit's grievance committee, hoping to re-gain her job The committee found her charges unwarranted A rep resentative of the Universit gnev- anc- e committee said Zanders fired her because of unsatisfactory per-formance Following the University';, re-sponse, several University employ-ees requested that Chancellor Bar-bara Uehling conduct a formal investigation of the Office of Equal Opportunity Uehling, however, re-fused, saying she conducts regular investigations of all departments In 1977, an assistant to Zanders while he was director of the Educa-tional Opportunity Program at the State University of New York's Col-lege of Environmental Science and Forestry filed sexual harassment charges' before the New York Divi-sion of Human Rights Ixis Wilson alleged that Zanders reduced her maximum working hours, asked her to consent to an extra- marit- al relationship, then reacted violently to her rebuffs and discriminated against her on the basis of sex Marti Ellerman. of SUNY's office of University Counsel and vice chan-cellor for legal affairs, has said Zanders denied all of Wilson's charges The case still is pending, but should be resolved soon Case builds against limo service By Pat Lee Missourian staff writer JEFFERSON CITY Columbia officials and the Public Service Com-mission spent 4Vz hours Thursday stacking evidence and testimonials, some shaky and others solid, in an attempt to strip the current operator of the Columbia Regional Airport Limousine service of his license. The commission is expected to reach a decision within 30 days on whether to revoke the operating li-cense of Clifford Shull, owner of the only limo service at the airport, one commissioner said PSC Assistant General Counsel Eric Banks, who presented the state commission's case, said that Shull's operation is inconvenient, inefficient and independable. In his case against Shull, Banks offered several letters of complaint from private cit-izens and businessmen, results of a PSC investigation including an audit of the company, and the testimony of city and state officials Banks first filed a complaint against Shull Jan 10, after which Shull was given 30 days to respond The prehearing was held Feb 9 Although the prosecutor spent most of the hearing presenting charges, the atmosphere was not completely anb.- Sh. u- ll. While most of the allegations stemmed from spe-cific incidents, several were general and lacked extensive documenta-tion. The PSC Transportation Enforce-ment Division conducted an investi-gation of the luno service March 31, 1983, after receiving complaints of inadequate service. Enforcement In-vestigator Bill Phillips said he no-ticed Shull did not show up for seve-ral flights on three days March 31, May 12 and June 2 of last year. But Phillips' report caused some confusion He said the investigation wasn't conducted under documented guidelines. And he didn't investigate why Shull had failed to show up for the flights When testimony focused on why Shull was having problems meeting all the flights, the luno operator claimed he had been misled by state officials Shull said he had misunderstood the requirements of the tariff to op-erate a limousine. He said he always had assumed he was required to meet every flight ShuU's attorney, William Mays, said his client's authorization to op-erate the limo service only states that Shull must meet every flight that he agrees to meet Like every limo service, Shull is required to submit a working time schedule to See SHULL, Page 10A Bills would make drivers pay for their accidents y Mike Coit tate capital bureau JEFFERSON CITY For two weeks last anuary, Shirley Borggren had to catch des with friends or take cabs to work be- Etu- se of a traffic accident she says was not er fault. Her car had been heavily damaged in a affic accident with a pickup truck in Neva-- a. The driver of the truck was uninsured, orggren's own insurance paid the $ 1,300 re- a- ir bills, but it wouldn't cover a rental car. jid Borggren said she could not afford the 500 to rentacar. " I would have lost my job if I couldn't ave found rides or some other transporta- o- n to work because I couldn't afford to rent car," Borggren said. Repairs to her car were covered by unin- ure- d motorist protection a provision tate law requires in all auto insurance. But DCaDKTf the provision doesn't cover car rentals. Borggren works at the Nevada Habilita- tio- n Center during the day, and at a restau-rant at night She received a $ 20 raise last July, her first pay increase in three years, and she says she simply can't afford to be on the road with uninsured motorists. " We carried insurance because we have to look out for ourselves," said Borggren's daughter, Denise, who was driving the car at the tune of the accident " Everyone should have auto insurance and it isn't fair other-wise." Many state lawmakers have heard the an-ger voiced by the Borggrens and others, prompting legislation to require drivers prove they can pay for an accident before a license is issued. There are three bills under consideration in the House Insurance Committee, and two in the Senate Insurance Committee which propose mandatory auto insurance for all Missouri motorists. This week, the Senate Insurance Commi-ttee approved one of those bills and sent it to the full Senate. Sponsored by Sen. Harold Caskey, D- Butl- er, it would require all state motorists to be covered by liability insur-ance, or a certificate of self-- insurance. Liability policies cover property damage and medical costs incurred by passengers in-volved in an accident in which they weren't at fault. Such coverage is the minimum necessary, according to Greg Hill, a State Farm Insur-ance Co. agent in Columbia. Under current state law, however, a mo-torist isn't required to have insurance, and if an uninsured motorist is at fault in an acci-dent, according to Hill, he usually doesn't pay for the damages. " In my experience either the driver who isn't at fault has collision coverage so that their insurance company pays for the dam-ages, or they're stuck," Hill said. Caskey said that roughly 20 percent to 30 percent of Missouri motorists are uninsured Although his bill wouldn't get all of these drivers off the road, he predicted the risk of being caught will get most to comply. " The bill takes a similar approach to Ari-zona laws in that 100 percent compliance with mandatory liability coverage will result when a person applies for car registration since they will be required to show proof of insurance coverage," Caskey said " Motorists who are registered will have a 10 percent chance of being caught by the state motor vehicle division if they receive a traffic ticket and a 100 percent chance if in-volved in an accident" A first offense would result in a $ 100 fine and a 30- da- y suspension of both driver's li-cense and vehicle registration A second of-fense within three years would mean a $ 500 fine and loss of license and registration for six months, and a third offense within three years would result in a $ 750 fine and loss of license and registration for one year. The difficulty with such legislation, according to Hill, is that a fine line exists be-tween the state's responsibility to low-- and fixed- incom- e citizens who can't afford cover-age, and its responsibility to insured motor-ists. Shu- le- y Borggren, however, considers the issue in more defined terms " A welfare recipient . . can't honestly say that they can't afford insurance due to I their fixed income," Borggren said. " Be-cause many such people are young and can probably find some employment to pay for their insurance if they need to drive that badly" ( Jehling says campus cut costs; 31son paints a different picture y Teresa Moran Hasourlan staff writer Just hours before University Pres- le- nt James Olson outlined the light of the University system for le Columbia Rotary Club Thursday, hanceOor Barbara Uehling found ome brighter news to talk about. The Columbia campus has been ble to stretch its $ 130 million budget j make the University $ 20 million lore efficient this fiscal year than it ? as in 1979, Uehling said at her wnthly press conference. Cost- cut- i- ng measures, raising and rechan- eun- g funds as well as cutting fac- It- y positions have helped make the fclumbia campus more efficient in lie last five years, she said. Olson painted a different picture jr the Rotary Club. He told the roup that system- wid- e, the Univer- lt- y has 75 percent less buying power ianithadfnl980. " I'm supnsed we've been able to eep afloat this long," he said. During the past four years student ees have been increased by 55 per-- cent maintenance work and equip-ment needs have been pushed aside, and faculty have been dismissed, Ol-son said. " Unless the situation is corrected, our best people will leave. Not all, but enough to seriously endanger quality," he added. Olson, who will retire in July, ex-pressed fear about declining enroll-ment In 1990, there will be 24 per-cent fewer 18- year-- olds than in 1979. Fewer students combined with in-creasing competition from other state institutions could create a se-rious problem, he said. Though projections show a drop in enrollment every year, the ratio of students to faculty has increased, University officials said. They said some money was saved by cutting 70 ranked faculty positions and adding 23 unranked instructors between 1979 and 1982. By eliminating high- sala- ry positions and hiring some un-ranked instructors for less money, the campus has become more effi-cient saving about $ 7.2 million. However, the decrease in faculty, has increased the remaining faculty workload by 15 percent The un-ranked instructors have absorbed 11 percent more of the workload. While the result has been an increased ra-tio of students to faculty, Uehling said at her press conference that fur-ther increases could be made with-out hurting the education quality. The campus has saved about $ 6 5 million annually by following an en-ergy management program. It has cut energy usage by one- thi- rd since 1970. The new campus mail service, simplified bill- payin- g system and trash- haulin- g and janitorial con-tracts have saved the University $ 250,000. The merging of depart-ments in administrative services and elimination of 16 positions also has freed an additional $ 250,000. In addition, $ 857,000 from special administrative accounts has been re- chann- eled to a fund for the Ellis Li-brary expansion plan and the medi-cal school addition that includes a Health Sciences Library. Campus auxiliary operations pre- - M 1 HbSs "" 3EvMBtAf IISHh iLLLr rikrB Barbara Uehling James Olson We are more efficient We lost buying power viously supported by UMC have freed $ 1.65 million by covering all or some- o- f their administrative costs to save money. Now, the University Hospital, Brady Commons and the residence halls are financially self- supporti- ng. Uehling has said that although the Columbia campus is more efficient than in past years, the need remains to cut programs. The University sys-tem must raise about $ 40 million to meet objectives set by the Long Range Planning and Steering Com-mittee. By Oct. 15, all four campuses must have program reviews com-pleted and turned m to the Board of Curators. The curators will then de-cide which programs should be cut, maintained, reduced or enhanced. There is also the possibility of rid-ding the campus of duplicative pro-grams by merging departments, Uehling said. Doctors consider freeze on fees Chicago Sun Times CHICAGO America's physi-cians were asked by the Chicago- base- d American Medical Associa-tion Thursday to freeze their fees, possibly for up to a year, to help the economic recovery The California Medical Asso-ciation last week called for an across- the- boar- d, one- ye- ar freeze on fees. Last year, the Texas Medical Association and the Med-ical Association of Georgia took similar actons. Dr. Robert C. Hamilton, incom-ing president of the Illinois State Medical Society, said his group will consider the idea at its an-nual meeting in April. Hamilton, a sports medicine specialist, sees the " unilateral freeze" as an opportunity for phy-sicians to lead hospitals and other providers in cutting the nation's health- car- e bills, which now ex-ceed $ 300 billion a year. But, he said, a freeze of physi-cian fees would have only a slight effect, because they constitute only 20 percent of total medical costs. |