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Soc. Security Notes
“Medical insurance does not come between you and your doctor,* Mrs. Hazel F. Daly, social security district manager, pointed out today in an effort to clear up recent questions concerning the role of the doctor in the medical insurance part of medicare. Mrs. Daly noted that a person chooses his own doctor under medical insurance, which helps pay doctor bills and other medical expenses. “The question of whether you are to pay the doctor directly or whether he wishes to accept assignment of the bill is a decision entirely between you and your doctor, she pointed out. “If he accepts assignment, he will bill you only for 20 percent of the resonable charge and any portion of the $50 deductible that you may not yet have incurred in the year.* Mrs. Daly noted that a patient's doctor bill may be covered under the medical plan even if he is in a hospital that is not participating under the hospital insurance
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