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Show More Eligible For Hospital Benefits The social security amendments amend-ments of 1967 have made many changes and improvements improve-ments in the medicare program pro-gram according to Kesler T. Powelll, Social Security district dis-trict manager in Provo. Mr. Powell stated one important im-portant change is that more people will be eligible for hos-pital hos-pital insurance benefits because be-cause of these recent changes. Under the old law, people who reached 65 in 1968 and were not entitled to monthly social security or railroad retirement benefits could not get hospital insurance benefits unless they had 6 calendar quarters of coverage or about 1 years of work under social security. Now, under the new law, this requirement has been reduced to 3 calendar quarters, or a-bout a-bout 9 months of work. The amount of work needed to qualify for hospital insurance insur-ance benefits after 1968 increases in-creases by 3 quarters each year. Eventually, the amount of work required for hospital insurance protection will be the same as that required for monthly cash benefits. However, if you qualify for monthly benefits as a dependent depend-ent or survivor of an insured worker, you will not need any work under social security. Play it safe. If you're near-ing near-ing 65, get in touch with your social security office and get the facts. Mr. Powell further explained that persons who plan to continue working when they reach 65 should also apply within the three months prior to the month in which they have their 65th birthday. By applying for social security, they will be covered by hospital insurance and can make their decision on voluntary medical insurance insur-ance coverage. Later on, when they retire or have reduced earnings which will permit payment of benefits, monthly checks can be started without delay. The representation will be at the Cedar City Resident Station, Sta-tion, 90 West Center Street, Monday and Thursday of each week from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. |