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admissions during the remainder of this year. Any Medicare patient admitted to the hospital on or before December 21 will be responsible for the first $60 of his bill.
“Because of the increase in hospital costs,” Mrs. Crumpton said, “three other increases in the amount patients pay under the Medicare hospital insurance
96.8%