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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:52 PM Original message |
Seniors may have to pay for Medicare home health care to discourage patients from using it. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think it's even more nefarious than that. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Although I don't follow this and as an approaching 'senior' |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Actually you can buy stock on many of the nursing |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Many seniors will die from this |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. So much for the effort to allow seniors to stay in their homes... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well, if that was in place 6 years ago, my Mom wouldn't be walking today. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. discourage=prevent |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. Recommend - I find this horrifying from personal experience. Nt |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. My 92-year-old mother recovering from a stroke would be dead today without that. |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. The fee for home health care visits was waved as a cost-saving |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 05:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. such shallow thinking on the part of our legislators |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
10. This is just wrong and cruel....it is a vital service for so many seniors. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. Asolutely HORRIFYING! I don't what I would've done without |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The attack on Medicare has officially begun. The government is just getting warmed up. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. That's exactly what Grayson said! Remember his chart about Republican Health Care plan? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Kick |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. And so it begins. Right after the election. I'm shocked, |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. Going to say something that's probably going to be unpopular |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. If your parents are well below the poverty line, wouldn't they qualify for Medicaid? |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Maybe that's what they're on, I always get the two mixed up. (eom) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The OP is about this cut from Medicare. I'm sure that your parents are on Medicaid and |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Anyone ever hear of Evergreen Health Care? |
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