August 27, 1969 (12 pages)

The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, August 27, 1969 Social — Security QUESTION & ANSWER SERIES Equipment keeps busy on freeway job LP pci THE AUTOGRADER, the two-lane-wide piece of equipment way. This photo was taken lookin which levels the roadway before the final surface is laid, is \ Shown here waiting to start work on the Grass Valley free—ae Use Your Master Charge Card ss EM INSTEAD OF CASH.AND PAY FOR YOUR ee oe PURCHASES WITH ONE CHECK MONTHLY! Deposits insured by —Moraen Lope Bawx . 2.38: MEMBER F.D.1.C. GRASS VALLEY e NEVADA CITY PLACERVILLE » SONORA e FOLSOM TWAIN HARTE ¢ ALTAVILLE from the Brunswick overcrossing. * F. 0. 1.C. up to $15, No Monthly Service a Minimum Balance or More. Night Depository Safe Deposit Boxes g towards Nevada City fice if you have any difficulty in obtaining proof of age. Q.I am older than my husband and will be 65 in August 1969. My husband is 63 and still working. He does not plan toretire until he is 65, I have never worked. Will I ever be eligible for Medicare? Everybody. including my husband says I won't because I've never worked, A. Three months before you are 65 you can enroll for the medical insurance part of Medicare. To get this protection you will be required to pay a premium of $4. a month. For hospital insurance you either must have worked six different quarters in employment covered by social security or a be a beneficiary under the regular social security program. You and your husband can both apply on his social security earning record. This would qualify you for the hospital insurance and would not require that your husband end his employment. We suggest that you and your husband contact your social security office to discuss the situation, Q. I recently got a statement of the earnings credited to my social security. account from Baltimore, Maryland. The earnings shown for 1966 do not agree with my records, What should I do? A. Contact your nearest: social security office and bring with you evidence of your 1966 earnings. This evidence could be a W-2 form or a federal tax re+ turn, The social security office will take the necessary actionto correct your record, Q. I am-receiving home health 3 pi visits covered’ by Medicare. Do * te I apply for the payment from : Pp Medicare or does the home oO: health agency? 9 th A. The home health agency ] makes the claim for payment from Medicare. This is true a whether the-services jare cov_ in ered under the hospital insurfr ance or under the. medical insurance part of Medicare. a el Q. I am 20 years old and just ia recently discharged from mili: th tary service. I plan to go tocol; al lege. My parents receive social & al security benefits, Will I be eli‘ Of gible for benefits? : ; ou A. Yes, You can receive or monthly benefits if you are under 3 a age 22, unmarried, and a fulli time student at an educational = institution. , #& Q, I intend tofile for my social eC Security benefits soon, What will _ i I need to prove my age? f te: A. If you have a birth certii ficate that was recorded when ee : “you were an infant, you should . i bring a certified copy of this we mm ‘ can keep. If you don't have an f ©6Po } original birth certificate and 3 4 you were baptized before age 5, . bo a GRANITE CONSTRUCTION Co. vehicles are shown busily freeway, due to be completed by Thanksgiving Day, looking you. should obtain a copy of tlie > th _at work on the final phases of the freeway project. This West to one of the bridges. baptismal certificate for us. If . photograph was taken on the Grass Valley portion of the you don't have an original birth : the certificate or an infant baptisin: mal certificate, you should get ow 2 documents to support your birth date. Documents most Th commonly furnished are school ou ‘ records, delayed birth. certifish ‘ cates, old insurance policies, dit childrens' birth certificates, and heb ; state or Federal census records. pa. > Of course, any other old docucal a ment showing you age is DOB ou is acceptable. I suggest you contact your social security ofty

The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, August 27, 1969 Social — Security QUESTION & ANSWER SERIES Equipment keeps busy on freeway job LP pci THE AUTOGRADER, the two-lane-wide piece of equipment way. This photo was taken lookin which levels the roadway before the final surface is laid, is \ Shown here waiting to start work on the Grass Valley free—ae Use Your Master Charge Card ss EM INSTEAD OF CASH..AND PAY FOR YOUR ee oe PURCHASES WITH ONE CHECK MONTHLY! Deposits insured by —Moraen Lope Bawx . 2.38: MEMBER F.D.1.C. GRASS VALLEY e NEVADA CITY PLACERVILLE » SONORA e FOLSOM TWAIN HARTE ¢ ALTAVILLE from the Brunswick overcrossing. * F. 0. 1.C. up to $15, No Monthly Service a Minimum Balance or More. Night Depository Safe Deposit Boxes g towards Nevada City fice if you have any difficulty in obtaining proof of age. Q.I am older than my husband and will be 65 in August 1969. My husband is 63 and still working. He does not plan toretire until he is 65, I have never worked. Will I ever be eligible for Medicare? Everybody. including my husband says I won't because I've never worked, A. Three months before you are 65 you can enroll for the medical insurance part of Medicare. To get this protection you will be required to pay a premium of $4. a month. For hospital insurance you either must have worked six different quarters in employment covered by social security or a be a beneficiary under the regular social security program. You and your husband can both apply on his social security earning record. This would qualify you for the hospital insurance and would not require that your husband end his employment. We suggest that you and your husband contact your social security office to discuss the situation, Q. I recently got a statement of the earnings credited to my social security. account from Baltimore, Maryland. The earnings shown for 1966 do not agree with my records, What should I do?

A. Contact your nearest: social security office and bring with you evidence of your 1966 earnings. This evidence could be a W-2 form or a federal tax re+ turn, The social security office will take the necessary actionto correct your record, Q. I am-receiving home health 3 pi visits covered’ by Medicare. Do * te I apply for the payment from : Pp Medicare or does the home oO: health agency? 9 th A. The home health agency ] makes the claim for payment from Medicare. This is true a whether the-services jare cov_ in ered under the hospital insurfr ance or under the. medical insurance part of Medicare. a el Q. I am 20 years old and just ia recently discharged from mili: th tary service. I plan to go tocol; al lege. My parents receive social & al security benefits, Will I be eli‘ Of gible for benefits? : ; ou A. Yes, You can receive or monthly benefits if you are under 3 a age 22, unmarried, and a fulli time student at an educational = institution. , #& Q, I intend tofile for my social eC Security benefits soon, What will _ i I need to prove my age? f te: A. If you have a birth certii ficate that was recorded when ee : “you were an infant, you should . i bring a certified copy of this we mm ‘ can keep. If you don't have an f ©6Po } original birth certificate and 3 4 you were baptized before age 5, . bo a GRANITE CONSTRUCTION Co. vehicles are shown busily freeway, due to be completed by Thanksgiving Day, looking you. should obtain a copy of tlie > th _at work on the final phases of the freeway project. This West to one of the bridges. baptismal certificate for us. If . photograph was taken on the Grass Valley portion of the you don't have an original birth : the certificate or an infant baptisin: mal certificate, you should get ow 2 documents to support your birth date. Documents most Th commonly furnished are school ou ‘ records, delayed birth. certifish ‘ cates, old insurance policies, dit childrens' birth certificates, and heb ; state or Federal census records. pa. > Of course, any other old docucal a ment showing you age is DOB ou is acceptable. I suggest you contact your social security ofty