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PEOPLE who haven’t signed up for Medicare medical insurance or who have canceled the protection once can enroll now through April 1 at any social secruity office, according to Mrs. Hazel F. Crumpton, social security district manager in Winchester.
The medical insurance part of Medicare is offered automatically to people who reach 65 and are eligible for social security benefits—and to disabled workers under 65 who have been entitled to monthly social security disability benefits for 24 consecutive months or more.
“Nine out of 10 people eligible are enrolled in the medical insurance program,” she said.
THE MEDICARE enrollment period extends through April 1 this year because March 31 falls on Sunday. The medical insurance helps pay doctor bills and other medical expenses and is the voluntary part of Medicare, funded by individual premiums and Federal general revenues. The basic premium is now $6.30 a month and will go to $6.70 a month starting July 1.
People 65 and over who aren’t eligible for social security benefits can apply
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