Phase-out for health planning possible By JENNY MILLER The Reagan administration's budget proposals may include a phase-out of Michigan's eight state health care planning agencies, possibly resulting in a future hike in health care costs and a loss of con- sumer input to medical care planning, according to state health care planning officials. While most of the funding for the health care plan- ning agencies comes from the federal government, some funding is provided by the state, officials said. BOB STAMPFLY, health planning consultant for the Michigan office of Health and Medical Affairs, said the Reagan administration has already rescin- ded some health service agency funds for the current fiscal year, and the proposed 1982 budget does not in- clude any money for the regional agencies. The proposed phase-out will occur by 1983, when federal monies for state health planning will also be eliminated, Stampfly said. "It looks like this is it-when the money goes, we're out of business," said Ralph Kingzett, public affairs Aichigan Daily-Thursday, May 28, 1981-Page5 spokesman for the Comprehensive Health Planning Council of Southeastern Michigan. "If we are gone, the local input to planning would be gone,,too." KINGZETT SAID CHPC-SEM has enough money to operate for at least another year. State health planning agencies like CHPC-SEM are charged with reviewing proposed hospital im- provements to establish whether there is a real need in the area for these improvements. The prevention of medical service duplication in an area, a requirement established by state law, helps keep health care costs down. Consumer volunteers, medical providers, and local government officials have input to decisions made by these agencies, and their recommendations are sent to the Michigan Department of Public Health, for the final decisions. The Department usually follows the agency recommendations, said Kingzett. FOR EXAMPLE, Kingzett said, "every time the University Hospital wants to spend more than See HEALTH, Page 10 . Film co-ops facing higher costs, lower attendance (Continuedfrom Page3) films shown on a given night grows, the number of people attending each film shrinks. "There is a definite glut on the market," Kaplan confirmed. "There are more groups showing films. MICHIGAN'S current economic troubles may also be contributing to the attendance problems of the film cooperatives. "People aren't working, so they don't have the money to spend on films," said Cinema II's house manager Frank Uhle. The film cooperatives frequently supply movies for the University. History of Art professor Diane Kirk- patrick said, "The cooperatives are an important part of the Ann Arbor com- munity as well as the University. If anything happened to the co-ops it would be very hard to restructure their role in the University." Beaver said, "Attendance will vary according to the title. Cooperatives usually lose money on the films being shown for classes. They have to make up for this by showing more profitable, commercial films at other times." ALL THE cooperatives, except Mediatrics, are financially independent of the University and receive no University aid. Even some of the equipment used by the cooperatives in University auditoriums is paid for solely by the co-ops. As to whether the current financial troubles will continue to plague the cooperatives, Yanksevitch said, "Right now we're all just trying to figure out what's going on. We have no way of knowing if this will continue." Daily staff writer Pam Fickinger filed a report for this story. Afl 375 N. MAPLE 769-1300 Daily Discount Matinees All seats $2.00 Tuesday- BUCK DAY $1.00 ALL DAY Forged by a god. Found by a King. 4:15 /^ A* T7:15 EXCALiBUR 945 DOUBLE FEATURE THE FAN 1:15-4:35-8:00 FRIDAY 13th II 3:00-6:15-9:45 (R) 1:30-3:30-5:30-7:30-9:30 1:30-5:20-9:30 3:30-7:30 mm u 1:30, 5:20, - _ 14ICG T 9:30 WHI .73:30,7:30 ti t jil is preserved on Umm MEMLI The Michigan Daily 420 Maynard Street AND Graduate Library the ann arbor ilm cooperative SEVEN DAYS IN MAY and RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN Originally scheduled for tonight have been CANCELLED.