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A Fallen God When the Norse god Balder was slain by a mistletoe dart, his mother’s tears became the plant's white berries and she decreed that mistletoe would never again do harm. Because Balder’s life was restored, his mother is said to bestow a kiss upon anyone who passes under mistletoe.
America’s mistletoe tradition came more directly from England where straitlaced Victorians permitted it to sanction a bit of frivolity—but with a caveat. Each kiss required that a berry be plucked. When the berries were gone, so was the magic, and no more kisses were allowed.
Magic or not, mistletoe’s appeal is continuing. “Everybody likes to take his kisses,” Tiemann said.
Medicare
People with permanent kidney failure who need maintenance dialysis treatment or a kidney transplant may be eligible for Medicare health insurance protection.
To be eligible for Medicare under this provision of the law, a person must have worked long enough in a job under Social Security or the railroad retirement system to be insured, or be the wife, husband, or dependent child of such a worker.
In general, Medicare protection starts on the first day of the third month after the person’s course of maintenance dialysis treatments begins. It can begin earlier if the person is training to self-dialyze or enters a hospital for a kidney transplant.
Medical insurance covers physician's services, outpatient hospital services, outpatient physical therapy, outpatient dialysis treatments, durable medical equipment for use in the home, and other medical services and supplies. More information about Medicare for people with permanent kidney failure can be obtained at the Culpeper Social Security office, located 522 Culpeper Shopping Center.
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