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said, suppose you visited the doctor once in August after medicare started on July 1, and the bill was for $20. You paid the bill because you knew that medical insurance would not start paying until after the first $50. Then, in November, you became ill and made several calls to the doctor for a total charge of $40. Since medicare starts paying after the first $50, you would receive $8.00 or 80 percent of the $10 you paid over the deductible. In addition, because your deductible was not met until the last 3 months of the year, $30 of your $40 bill in November would count toward your $50 deductible for 1967. After you have had $20 of covered expenses this year, medicare will begin paying 80

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