Social Security News
1
By: D. C. Nichols
Q. Recently I’ve had medi
cal expenses totalling over
$l2O, and now it looks like
I’ll have to go to the hospital
soon I’m covered by both
the hospital and medicare
insurance. Please explain
how I can f.la a Medicare
claim for benefits.
A. If ycu go to the hosbi
tal under Medicare, the Ins
pi al will send in a claim for
you under the hospital , in
surance part. You yourself
may file a medical insurance
claim now, using a simple
form called “Request for
Payment” which you mav clip
from your Medicare Hand
book (rage 29). After you
have filed your first claim
wi h the medical insurance
carrier (see page 25), another
form will be mailed t-> v o u
for future use Rut before
comple ing the form read
p.- ges 15-19 of the Handbook.
Also read the Instructions on
the hack of the form es
pccia'ly under the heading
“Payment to the Patient"
and “Payment to the Doctor
or Supplier.”
Q. From the simrde in
structions in the Handbook
and on the hack of the Maims
form, I think I know how to
file a medical insurance clmm
I don’t auiite understand,
though, what I must furnish
abng with the claim, or
why.
A. Please note the in
s'ruction “Pnvment
to the Patient” that Remi-ed
received hi’ls, ineliMing b’Us
for iho "de-h-ef b’e” amount,
must he attacehd to the
DISCOUNTS!
Contac C old Capsules
*•9-$1.49
Now 99$
Reg- $2.75
Now $1.85 ■
Lydia Grey Toilet
Tissue 10 Rolls 89$
Revlon Moon Drops
Reg. SIO.OO
Now $6.00
Reg. $5.00
Now $3.50
———^, ——--H I
Giant 13 Oz. Right
Guard Deodorant
* O'
Reg. $2.29
Now $1.49
c THE YANCEY RECORD
for payment unless
the doctor decides to com
plete Part II o* the form Os
course, the itemized b : lls
must show the name of the
doctor, organization, or sup
pler furnishing the services
or surmlies. Naturally. they
must shew the name of the
pa’ient r r ceiHng the ser-
Vces or supnlies. what such
services or sunplies were, and
the dates and maces they
were provided. The charges
must he item’zed and the
bins receipted. Without ths
in format on the medicare
carrier cou’d not tMI what
the services or suprl’es were,
whether thev were a’l cov
ered med cal insurance,
and whether pam-nent can be
made on the claim. So when
you pay your medic-i bills,
be sure to get RenvVed re-
bills showing the
shove information .Also be
S”re your medicare claim
number is on each bit
Q. 'I ve filled out the form
requesting medical insuran
ce payment direct to me. But
since th s is my first cla.m
for benefits under Medicare,
I’m no. sure I’ve completed
the form rght. Wil 1 you
check it and sse if its OK to
send in?
A. Yes, we certainly will! In
fact we’re inviting every
Medicare claimant to come
in b. .ore send ng his or her
first claim to ihe medical in
surance earner (Pilot Life
Insuia ce Company, Greens
boro, N. C). Bring the clam
with the receipted bills.
We’ll be glad to look it over.
We want to help prevent de-
By:M. E. GARDNER
If you have not accom
plished jour January plan
ning chores, some sugges
tions /i. ay be helpful.
Get- ycur seed orders in.
You have in mind many
flowers and hat
h..ve done well for >ou or
tha. you nii.-ht have observ
ed in the gardens of fr ends.
Stick pretty closely to those
vaiietes which have proven
themselves, but do not hesi
tate to try a few new ones.
If you are landscaping a
new home, or “sprue ng-up’’
a bit around the established
heme, check w.th your nur
seryman. He wll have sug
yes.ions about plant maher
ials suitable for all locations
in your landscape plan.
If you have a small green
house. you can expect im
provement in prow.h from
new on. as the days are get
ting longer. Over-watering is
a common error. There is
no rule-of-thumb One must
use pood Judgment. Plants
reed more water on a br’ght
day than on a cloudy one.
Regulation of the night tem
perature is important during
crl-i nrhts. This is espec
ially true if you have tomato
plants.
lay in your rece bing pay
ment. If you cannot come in
person have someone else
br ng the claim in, or mail
it with all the itemized
b 11s to the Social Security
Office. You may want to
contact the representative
when he is in Burnsville.
Chocks Vitamins
$4.29 Value F0r52.29
Dorothy Gray Sheer
Velvet Lipstick Reg.
SI.OO Now 2 For sl.lO
Belle Camp
Valentine Candy^B^'
Party Needs
Napkins - Plates - Cups
Table Cloths
"banks pharmacy
Burnsville, N.C.
GARDEN TIME
Now is a good time to
plant apples, peaches, plums,
cherries, pears and grapes.
When planting, dig a ho’e
large enough to accomodate
the root svs em without
crowding. Separate too and
eub-soil and rlace the t>p
soil arounj the roots After
the rro s are well covered,
pa k with your feet to with'n
about 4 inches of the ton of
the hole. Finish f lling
with loose so l. Set plan's
as deep as they stood in the
nursery row. You can easily
identify this soil line at the
base of the plant.
Don’t overlook the dwarf
type fruit plants. They are
well suited for areas where
space is a problem.
If you have apMe a-d
peach trees, prune them and
s’-'rav w : th winter (dormant)
s'retngh lime sulohur The
same treatment will akso be
f’>e for your bunch grape
vines.
F-ve your sMI tested. If a
need for phosphnro”S. potash
ard I’me is indi-ater, it
is to work these ma
ter als into the first six or
eieht inches of so l before
plantin'*. If amd’ed to the
foil surface, these nwerials
do not move to the rcot a*-ea
as does
placement, to the side a-d
below the seed, is lal right
for shallow rooted crops but
Will not prov.de the nutrient
balance for those plants
which haoe deeper root
systems.
THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1%7
Thermos Bottles Pint j
-si I
Reg* $2.49
Now $1.29 I
Alcohol 1
R«g-29< I
Now 10< I
Maalox
12 Qz.
Now $1.05
Stanback Powder
Reg. 98<
Now 79(
Crystal Clear
Hair Spray
Reg. 99<
Now 49<
Heart Disease
Takes More
Lives Than Any
Other Disease ■
Disense of the heart and
Circulation, will in 1907 take
mode live s here than all o ti
er diseases comb’ned, it was
forecast today bv Mrs. Fred
erick Baron, bocal Campaign
Cha’dmen of the 1907 Heart
Fund C-mpaign. which is to
be emdre td here through
out February.
Th’s prediction is based on
the fact that the cardiovas
cular distaso toll in Yancey
Coun'y was 132 in the last
ye-r for wh'eh statistics are
ava ’able, a? a°rmst a total
of 72 for all other dise’ S’s
and* causes. The pattern has
b'en a cons’stent one over
the east srvernl years.
0 her leading causes of
death here for the last re
rortnble pear were given as
follows: cancer, 30;
1(>; pneumonia and influenza,
20: and d'abetes, fi.
Mrs. Bacon po’n'ed out
that in the nat : ou there a r e
an
suffer ng from one or mo-e
tvres of heart disease, and
another 6 900 TOO S'-f'ering
one or more tvrej n f
high Moo 4 pressure, the to
tnl of the kown victims
being a v out 21 fico 000.
Additionally she sa ; d. there
are n oon
more persons with “suspect”
heart disease-