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Rappahannock County residents covered by Medicare will have to pay more for hospital care in 1986. The Medicare hospital insurance deductible, the amount a Medicare patient is responsible for when he first receives hospital inpatient services In a benefit period, will increase to $492 in 1986, Bruce A. Hundley, Social Security manager in Culpeper, said recently. The hospital insurance deductible in 1985 was $400.
Also scheduled to increase are the per day amounts patients are responsible for paying after specific lengths of stay, Hundley said. In 1986 after 60 days of inpatient care in a benefit period Medicare will pay for all covered costs except $123 a day. The 1985 deductible was $100 a day.
The basic monthlyv premium for Medicare medical insurance will not change from the/1985 rate of $15.50. Some people pay more than this rate because there were periods of time they could have had this protection but did not have it.
The medical insurance deductible will remain $75, unchanged from 1985.
A free pamphlet “Your Medicare Handbook” explains what Medicare is and how it works. It is available at your local Social Security office. The Culpeper Social Security office is located at 806 N. Main Street. The telephone number is (703) 825-3500.
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