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Soc. Security Notes
Older people who enter the hospital under Medicare on {January 1 or after will be responsible for an additional $4 of their hospital bills.
Up till now, Hazel F. Daly, social security district manager said, Medicare has paid all but the first $40 of a Medicare beneficiary’s hospital bill in each spell of illness. Effective January 1, he said, it will cover all but the First $44. She noted that the hospital bill for an average stay by a Medicare beneficiary now runs about $600.
The hospital deductible amount -- the amount for which the Medicare beneficiary is responsible - she explained, is similar to the deductible amounts provided in many auto insurance policies where the car owner pays the first $50 or $100 of a repair bill and the insurance company pays the rest.
The increase of $4 in the portion of the hospital bill for which a Medicare beneficiary is responsible results from a
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