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Medicare Deduc’bles jgniiragdi anoiJaU.i^i fn*:«ji-.•*? ■ i->■ ■ :Lv *■ ■ The roost frequent questions about .the Mqtlicare program in many ,.s social, .security offices concern the deductibles patients are required to pay, Mrs. Hazel F. Crumpton, district, Manager for social security,in Winchester, said today. She then(went on to point out that there, afe two deductibles for which patient^:jare,, responsible. The first is the $60 payable to the hospital for in-patient care. This is about an average charge for one day’s services. U is also payable in each benefit . period. A benefit period begins .when an individual is admitted to a hospital. It ends when, the person has not been an in-p,atient in a hospital or extended cpre facility for at least 60 consecutive days.
The secpnd deductible is the first $50 of medical expenses in each calendar year. The patient is responsible for the first $50 of his medical expenses each year. This is payable directly to the physician h^sed on the charges Mediate, allots fox the services the physician performs.
Any part of the medical expenses a patient incurs in the last three months of a year which are creditable to the deductible for that year may also be used to meet the, deductible in the following year.
In the fcast, Mrs. Crumpton said, too often people did not realize there are two deductibles under,/-Medicare. Many people came to social security offices wjien "they received notice that 'certain medical expenses had been credited toward the medical deductible. They felt that they
jh%d already met the deductible by the payment they had made to ithe hospital.
j 'For further clarification of [these deductibles, or any other Medicare matter, telephone the [local social security office at 667,JA1\.
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