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THE HARTFORD COURANT: Frirfay. May 24. I9fe8 Cotter Testifies Unite CMS-Blue Cross State Cattle Free I 1 a 41 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Reports tive action would be needed to force a merger.

However, Cotter said he hoped for a voluntary agreement. "Blue Cross has been' receptive to the idea." said Cotter. In By JOSEPH MARTIN State Insurance Commissioner William R. Cotter Thursday called for the merger of Connecticut Medical Service (CMS) with Connecticut Blue Cross. i Testifying before a State leg islative Council committee, Cotter said the merger would realize "vast savings, eliminate duplicate, operations and cause sounder and simpler medical service contracts to be offered." Cotter's department has been looking into the possibility of the merger for some time.

CMS contracts offer to pay doctors bills while Blue Cross pays hospital bills. "It is my opinion," said Cotter, "in a long run, a merger will reduce the growth rate of expenses of both corporations and materially slow down the fantastic increase in the cost of health care." Need Legislative Act CMS and Blue Cross are both corporate creatures of the General Assembly and some legisla- Connecticut has wiped out the last reservoir of tuberculosis infection in its cattle. "By eradicating bovine type tuberculosis from its cattle herds," the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday, "Connecticut has achieved an accredited tuberculosis-free status." Nationally, two states Maine and New Hampshire plus the Virgin Islands, had previously attained this ultimate goal. Connecticut has about 77,000 dairy and 4,000 beef cattle two years of age and older.

During its 50-year fight against the in- Sf i if Lordial hoppejll i 10 RAYMOND WEST HARTFORD Shop at Nichols1 for Best Values! SCOTCH BUYS 4.79 Glen-Nichols' White Label 5.49 Thistle 5.89 Inver House qts. Master Won't Arrive "But so far we have not re ceived any positive opinion from CMS. If both CMS and Blue Cross knew the legislature was in favor of the merger, he said, "I am sure a voluntary merger could be worked out." "A merger," said Cotter would mean vast savings. It would eliminate duplicate sales and claims staffs and duplicate administrative structures. And both could use the same mailing and data processing equipment.

"In addition," said Cotter, "we have seen Connecticut residents being forced to pay additional dollars for medical bills because one corporation called a bill a hospital service, and could not provide coverage, while the other corporation called it a medical service and could also not provide coverage." Consultant Hired Both companies have hired a consultant to study the possibility of the merger. However, Cotter fears the results of the study will not be ready in time for the 1969 session of the General Assembly. Cotter also said he did not expect the companies to fire key personnel if the merger was agreed upon. "The personnel situation could be phased out over a period of time," he said. As for the policyholders, Cotter said the number of those who carry Blue Cross and not CMS was very insignificant'.

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Above ANOTHER NICHOLS' Special! MONTMARTRE N.Y. STATE CHAMPAGNE TWIN BIASES bath werk fa snite provide tleoa 30-inch cat of TB Infection fection, Connecticut tested 6,710,011 cattle. The eradication effort was led by Dr. Jean V. Smith, state veterinarian in the State Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Dr.

W. C. Ferrall, federal veterinarian in charge of animal health activities. Although the incidence of this disease is low, it still has the capability of striking any herd at any time and anywhere," cautions Dr. A.

F. Ranney, chief staff veterinarian in charge of TB eradication for the USDA. "During the past 10 00 WETHERSFIELD months, 51 outbreaks of TB were found In beef and dairy herds in 20 states and Puerto Rico," he said. i Albania has less than miles of rail trunsportation. 100 DIAMONDS DON'T EARN INTEREST in your vault Licenced P.O.M.G.

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So if you buy a Volvo station wagon now, you'll be able to keep it long enough to get out from under car payments. And instead of having to buy a new station wagon two or three years from now, you'll be able to buy all kinds of new (voevo) stuff to stuff into your old one. You can get a lot of things into most any station wagon. In this respect, the new Volvo station wagon is no exception. With the back seat folded down, it gives you 70 cubic feet of cargo space.

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