Discussing Medical Fees With Your Physician Or Surgeon
A reader asks about fee splitting and how to handle medical bills under Blue Cross Blue Shield type policies. The column explains service versus indemnity policies, direct patient-doctor billing, and cautions against third party fee splitting while urging transparent cost discussions with physicians. It notes the importance of trust in surgical care and avoids contractor style billing.
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Extra Trick Costs South a Slam in Bridge
Oswald Jacoby recounts a bridge hand where South overreached to grab an extra trick. South wins a heart ace, runs three top spades after discarding diamonds, and clings to a failed club finesse. The power play slips away as the spade break remains unfixed and the king of clubs misplaces.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Wall Street
South
East
Weekend violence in North Carolina tops deadly list
A violent weekend across North Carolina left at least 11 dead. In distinct crashes near Fayetteville and Thomasville, victims included Elbert Strickland and Helen True Love. A 21 month old boy in Cary and several others perished in separate incidents, with a Statesville shooting and a Raleigh knife attack also noted. An extinct Idaho volcano region is described nearby.
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Fayetteville
North Carolina
Elbert Strickland
Rt. 5
Dunn
U.S. 401
Strickland
Thomasville
Helen Truelove
Edward Kenneth Hixon
Cary
Waynesville
Lester Burgin
Edward Allen Spainhour
Rt. 2
High Point
George Davis
Wilson
Joe Bunch Hilliard
Rt. 1
Garner
R. C. Saddler
Statesville
R. A.nesbit
Saddler
Nesbit
Walter Albert Hudson
Raleigh
George Hubert McClure
Lowell
Charlotte
Gastonia
David Junior Lingerfelt
North Belmont
Beware Price Tag Bargain Nash Again Phony Price Tag
Reader's Digest reports Beware Price Tag Bargain Nash Again, Phony Price Tag on Main Street. The ad claims decades of experience selling diamonds and watches with unlimited confidence and pledges no money if trust is lacking.
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Reader's Digest
Nash
N. Main Street
Jet Service Across U S Launched
A Boeing 707 jet carried 112 passengers from Los Angeles to New York in 4 hours 3 minutes, then returned in 6 hours 22 minutes against 105 mph winds. Captain Hamilton Smith noted winds up to 137 mph on the return. American plans daily coast to coast jet service. National and Pan Am had recently begun jet routes.
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Los Angeles
New York
American Airlines
Hamilton Smith
International Airport
Miami
Pan American World Airways
Europe
Unopposed Justice of the Peace Candidate Files Tiny Expense
Mrs. Goldie Newam of Flagstaff Arizona filed her campaign expense report as an unopposed candidate for justice of the peace. The report lists a single item: one nickel for stamps to mail nomination papers.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Goldie Newam
Justice of the Peace
The Test that Pinpoints Unexplained Fatigue
February Reader's Digest highlights a precise iodine test to identify underactive thyroid glands causing fatigue irritability and depression. Doctors use this test to guide rapid recoveries and improve patient outcomes.
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Reader's Digest
Fatal Two-Car Crash Kills Dunn Couple In North Carolina
Ten people injured including a five months pregnant woman after a head on collision on U S 401 near Fayetteville. Victims identified as Elbert and his wife from Dunn were trapped and died. Survivors include Sgt Samuel Walker of Fort Bragg and Estelle Teasley among others.
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Cape Fear Valley Hospital
U.S. 401
L. F. Holst
Elbert Strickland
Dunn
Holst
Strickland
South Carolina
Estelle Teasley
Fayetteville
Dunn Brothers
Kenneth
Clarence Hawley
Mildred
Nora Lou Strickland
Samuel E. Walker
Ft. Bragg
Carrie Allen
Marie Elliott
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