Page 10-Tuesday, April 14,1981-The Michigan Daily Health Service may restructure (Continued from Pase 1) gynecological exams, immunizations,' dermatology exams, infirmary and 1 emergency services, and most allergy treatments.1 By eliminating the great majority of1 fees, University'officials say the ser- vice will save several hundred thousand dollars in the next few years in billing costs.-. "What I want to do," Briefer said, "is1 get us out of the business of being a1 business."~ UNIVERSITY, administrators said the current system, which requires that students pay for most services beyondR basic care, creates costly extra work,1 not only for -the health service, but also1 for the patient, parents, the LSA t Cashier's Office, Accounting and, not infrequently, the Office of the Presidentx itself. The billing problem is so great that itc probably keeps many students from ; using the facility, Briefer said. Steve Haywood, a member of thei Student Health Advisory Committee,c estimated that complaints about billing amount to 91 percent of all those registered at the service. THE COMMITTEE, a self-appointed group responsible for monitoring the health service, is in favor of theI proposal because it would provide bet- ter service, according to Haywood. Haywood predicted some studentst may be opposed to the increase, especially those under severe monetary constraints and those who rarely orY never use the service. The report to the Regents concludes:t fee plan "In order to maintain a pluri-potenti billing operation (the current fee for service method), the Health Service is burdened with a major overhead ex- pense in manpower and system support which is, of course, being subsidized by the patients utilizing the services. "It is our recommendation that through prepaid fees this overhead be gradually reduced and returned to the patients in the form of increased ser- vices and/or further cost contain- ment. " ALTHOUGH SOME students may already be covered for all the services provided at the Health Service, at least half of all students who have received care have no insurance, Briefer said. He added most insurance policies do not cover the initial costs of health care, such as the standard fee charged by a doctor for an office visit. "There is a standard misconception that the (health service) fee is a duplication of insurance. But the facts don't bear that out," Briefer said. The director said the Health Service sees at least half of the University's students each year. He said 17,000 students have "charge accounts," but added he had no way to determine how many students use the service on an immediate payment basis. Rick Levick, who heads the Public In- terest Research Group in Michigan, - said yesterday "I think it (the Health Service assessment) ought to be refusable/refundable." PIRGIM had its request to implement such a system denied last month by the Regents. London racial riots Crouching behind riot shields, London police confront a group of youths in the city's mostly black Brixton ghetto after Saturday's riots. The riots reportedly left 200 people injured and caused damages estimated at $2.2 million. It is the worst racial violence the city has seen since 1948, and it sparked renewed calls in Parliament for an end to non-white immigration. 4 1 /. rr SFairhighlights high IFIF- ' BE IN THE FOREFRONT OF TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY AS A SCIENTIFIC-ENGINEERING OFFICER Our scientific-engineering officers are planning and designing tomorrow's weapon systems today. Many are seeing their ideas and concepts materialize. They have the finest, state-of-the-art equipment to test their theories. 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He claims the introduction of the state's Business Development Credit Cor- poration bill, with the aid of the city's Economic Development Committee, creates an incentive for industries to invest in high risk ventures by making interest rates lower through tax exem- ptions.I SMITH THINKS THE University must play a key role in the development of high technology in southeastern Michigan. "The University could serve as a communication center. It can lead the way for people with good ideas who are tied up in their own company," he said. Industries need to be able "to tap into the University's faculty" and share in their research efforts. To "create new job opportunities through greater use of high technology, we have to increase the informal com- munication," Smith said. "There doesn't seem to be the kind of social communciation necessary at both th human level and the highly technica level in Ann Arbor." According to Herold, the process must work both ways. "Many faculty members consult with industry to apply their research. The University has to help those people get their ideas out into the business world." Frederick Neidhardt, chairman of the University's Microbiology Depar- tment, agrees that cooperation between@ academia and industry is necessary to "be able to transfer research results in- to useful products." "About six years ago, I saw a new breakthrough in recombinant DNA methodology that thrilled me. 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