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Show Police Weekly Medicare patients to share increased costs Report CITATIONS JJqy l.1) - Public intoxication in South Main Street. Nay.. 24 - Four public intoxi cations on South Main Street. Dpt. 2 - Warning for speed on North Main. COMPLAINTS - Investigated acci- 18 Nov. (S8833S8388S888833S3838SS8S8SS88833S888888SS) ' i tb I'.'i '?? i xii V. , , j r H iS Jk?r , Commissioner of Social Security, noted that the hospital bill for an average stay by a Medicare beneficiary now runs about $700. "The increase of $8 that a Medicare beneficiary will pay in his hospital bill effective in Jan. , " Ball said, "is a result of the long term trend toward increasing hospital bill effective in Jan. trend toward increasing hosp- - ' ital costs and also, of course, results in part from the general inflation that has been Older people who enter the hospital under Medicare next Jan. 1, or later will be responsible for an additional $8 of their hospital bills, a mandatory increase by law. dent on North Main. Investigated possible mail theft. Nov. 19 - Complaint of motor and transmission stolen - unfounded. Nov. 21 - Fire resulting from smoking in bed at First East and Seventh North. Nov. 22 - Stray dog impounded at Third South and Main, Fire resulting from cooking pan left on burner in a trailer at 150 South and First East. Nov. 24 - Dog picked up and destroyed. Assisted State Highway Patrol with horses on highway six miles north of town. Nov. 26 - Out all night with Sheriff's department on manhunt. Nov. 29 - Investigated The increase results from a provision in the law requiring an annual review of hospital costs under Medicare, and an adjustment of the portion of the hospital bill for which a Medicare beneficiary is responsible if these costs have risen substantially. Medicare now pays all but the first $44 of a Medicare beneficiary's hospital bill in each spell of illness. In announcing the increase in the deductible amount from $44 to $52, Robert M. Ball, ( un-foun- ded When you visit Salt Lake City, drop in at our friendly through the widest selection' of western clothing and saddlery in the country. Latest styles. Fair prices. - RANCHWEAR - WESTERN BOOTS SADDLERY ' Send for your FREE store.-Brows- 96 Page Color Catalogue Order by mail. We ship anywhere. iacke lOclfte RANCHWEAR the Nation from the Heart of the West Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 62 East 2nd South Street Serving Dept. 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The law states that if this annual review shows that hos- pital costs have changed significantly, the hospital deductible must be adjusted for the following year, with any necessary adjustments made jin $4 steps to avoid small 'annual changes. Ball said that when the hospital deductible amount changes, the law requires comparable changes in the dollar amounts that a Medicare beneficiary pays toward a hospital stay of more than 60 days, or a extended care stay of more than 20 days. These amounts also will go up beginning January 1, 1970. When a Medicare beneficiary has a hospital stay of more than 60 days he will pay $13 a day for the 61st through the 90th day, up from the present $11 per day. If he has a post -- hospital stay of over 20 days in an extended care facility, he will pay $6. 50 per day toward the cost of the 21st day through the 100th day, up from the present $5. 50 per day. If he needs to draw on his "lifetime reserve, "the re- 'serve account a beneficiary can draw upon if he ever needs more than 90 days of hospital care in the same benefit period, he will now pay $26 for each day used, instead of the present $22 post-hospi- 12 Del Monte Seasoned taking place. "" "The Administration, he said, "is committed not only to bringing the general inflation under control but to working with the health community, insurance carriers and others so that the consumer will get more for the health care dollar." The hospital deductible amount, Ball explained, is intended lo make the Mcdicari beneficiary responsible for ex- -' penses equivalent to the average cost of one day of hospital care. It is similar to the deductible amounts provided in many auto insurance policies where the car owner Certified lb. 61 31 59 per day. tal For Medicare ben- eficiaries who enter a hospital before the end of this year, the hospital deductible amount will be $44 rather than $52, Ball pointed out. Also, the dollar amounts they will pay toward the cost of a hospital stay of more than 60 days or for post --hospital extended care more than 20 days will be payable at the present rate even though the services may be provided in 1970 rather than in 1969. $1.09 For the Best... Breakfast i Lunch 39 IV Dinners Banquet Meat Res Banquet Lemonade Western Family 61 6 oz. 101 Delicatessen Margarine chiffon ib. Blue Mountain FOODS Monticel I o 57 Thursday, Friday, Saturday Specials Dinner Elk Ridge Restaurant Phil Acfon, Prop. Blanding, Utah . |