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BLUE CROSS CONTRACT

Mr. Anderson reported that he had attended a Blue Cross meeting in Richmond at which an
increase in rates of about twenty per cent was proposed. Mr. Anderson stated that officials of the
Blue Cross did not think the State Corporation Commission would approve a higher rate. They cited
the case of the Roanoke Blue Cross which had just appeared before the State Corporation Commission
to ask for a rate increase of less than twenty per cent.

Mrs. Smith stated that the proposed new rates will not help the hospitals — that the
present petition is designed solely to replenish Blue Cross reserves. On motion of Mrs. Smith, it
was resolved that the question of the Blue Cross contract be referred to the new Executive Committee
of the Hospital for study.