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Carry-Over Rule

Aids in Medicare

People with Medicare medical insurance were reminded today that doctor bills for- October, November, and December may cover their $50 annual deductible for both 1970 and 1971.

Mrs. Hazel F. Crumpton, district manager, explained that the annual deductible is the first $50 of covered medical expenses accumulated in a calendar year.

But there is a “carry-over” rule that helps the beneficiary who might otherwise have to pay the $50 deductible twice in a short period of time-at the end of one year and the beginning of the next year.

Medicare medical insurance, thfe voluntary part of Medicare that helps pay doctor bills and other health services, pays 80 percent of covered expenses after the first $50.

“There can be no Medicare payment until a record is made

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