Monday, October 17, 2011

How Medicare Fails the Elderly

How Medicare Fails the Elderly - NYTimes.com: "In the case of my mother, who died at 88 in 2003, room and board in various assisted living communities, at $2,000 to $3,500 a month for seven years, was not paid for by Medicare. Yet neurosurgery, which I later learned was not expected to be effective in her case, was fully reimbursed, along with two weeks of in-patient care. "

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