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Show Medicare payments top $15 million in Utah Senator Frank E. Moss, D-Utah, D-Utah, said today that 73,281 Utahns received $15,305,930 in I Medicare reimbursements dur. ing 1908. He said the figures, released by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, showed show-ed that $10,457,230 of the amount was for hospital insurance in-surance and the remaining $4,748,700 was reimbursed un- dor the supplementary medical medic-al insurance program. Senator Moss said that all 29 counties in Utah wer.3 included includ-ed in the payments, ranging from 32,756 who received $7,-419,170 $7,-419,170 in Salt Lake County, to the 42 persons wro received $0,794 in Dagget County. There were 8,975 persons who received $1,676,866 in Weber County, while 7,657 received re-ceived $1,718,501 in Utah County. A total of 880 Iron County residents received $230,225. |