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dflprincess

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10. We'll have Medicare

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 10:33 PM

Oct 2012

(hopefully and I'm still 5-1/2 years away from it)

but they do need to improve how much therapy it covers - that part of it really sucks. They should take a lesson from the NHS where they really do work to keep Seniors living as independently as possible.

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