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Choice of Bills. Under the new law that makes 19.1 million elderly Americans eligible for partial Government payment of their medical expenses, doctors have been given a choice between two methods of collecting their bills: 1) they can submit an itemized statement directly to the patient, who must pay it before he can enter a claim for Medicare reimbursement, or 2) they can submit their bills to the Medicare-insurance carrier, thereby relieving the patient of the need to pay out any large sums beyond the first $50-which he must pay in any event. Either way, Medicare pays only...
...contrast, the U.S. finds it equally expensive to maintain 225,000 men in Western Europe. Washington is perennially faced with the problem of offsetting the balance-of-payments deficit ($1.3 billion last year) that the troops generate, and must make up for it by selling weapons to its NATO allies. Recently, the Defense Department had to twist Bonn's arm to speed up payment on $675 million in reciprocal purchases...
...Token Payments. As it happens, some churches have agreeably worked out such informal arrangements. The Unitarian Church of Montclair, N.J., recently handed town officials a check for $1,000 in token payment for services rendered. In Boston the Christian Scientists pay city taxes on all their properties except the Mother Church itself. In sum, the churches seem ready to render unto Caesar at least a little of his due-lest Caesar ask for even more...
...Your heart-rending explication of Actor George Hamilton's impecunious plight has softened the hearts and moistened the eyes of even the most leathery marine in this office. In a spontaneous charitable eruption, we have amassed a small contribution, consisting of Military Payment Certificates (the medium of exchange here in Viet Nam), and will gladly confer this meager token of our sympathy on the struggling young actor on his next U.S.O. appearance here. Mr. Hamilton should be warned that he may not be welcomed exclusively by souls like us, imbued with the spirit of human kindness. In the event...
...handshake quickly separated into fists of contention. Friends of Mecom say he had understood that six months from the date of the original deal-which was last week-he was to be ready with another payment of $14 million. Creekmore associates say the Endowment always made it clear that it wanted no part of long-term financing. Whatever the agreement had actually been, the Endowment and Creekmore gave Mecom its interpretation when he arrived with his cashier's check for $14 million. He offered to double the amount. They said that he could have 48 hours to raise...