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WillowTree

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34. The doctor has nothing to do with it.

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 12:30 AM

Jan 2015

It's a Medicare rule and it's not subject to exceptions. Once a Medicare patient is hospitalized, a new "benefit period" will not begin until that patient has been outpatient for at least 60 consecutive days. That's just the way Medicare is structured. Always has been that way so far as I know.

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Fuck Medicare for all [View all] joeglow3 Jan 2015 OP

Best wishes to her and you all. elleng Jan 2015 #1

Just think if there were no Medicare. Hoping for the best for your mother-in-law. nt kelliekat44 Jan 2015 #2

Thanks. joeglow3 Jan 2015 #3

Hope they can help her. You are right, Medicare has a lot of gaps like this Hoyt Jan 2015 #4

Medicare was a life saver for my father when it first was enacted and became his Cleita Jan 2015 #30

Don't get me wrong, glad to have it. But it's got some serious coverage gaps Hoyt Jan 2015 #38

Less than perfect. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #5

I am so very happy that your mom is KMOD Jan 2015 #27

Of course he is. Thank you for reminding me. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #28

Oh, I know KMOD Jan 2015 #29

My husband got dialysis care for seven years after he was diagnosed Cleita Jan 2015 #32

It's a blessing, though the frustration is very real. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #37

Bankruptcy is not the worst possible thing. hunter Jan 2015 #6

I would imagine with completely free medical, yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #9

Something above "Go away and die" I'm sure. hunter Jan 2015 #12

OP's MIL is on a single payer plan Recursion Jan 2015 #10

See my post #12 hunter Jan 2015 #16

Not if you live in a country where the life of a human being matters. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #40

PLUS ONE, a huge bunch! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #46

I hope your mother-in-law doesn't get stuck with another deductible SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2015 #7

Days 61-90 have $315 coinsurance Recursion Jan 2015 #11

There will be a new deductible if she's been out of the hospital for 60 consecutive days. WillowTree Jan 2015 #14

Exactly joeglow3 Jan 2015 #25

Sending you good thoughts, joeglow3 KMOD Jan 2015 #8

Thanks. joeglow3 Jan 2015 #26

For-Profit Healthcare is IMMORAL nikto Jan 2015 #13

this. nt navarth Jan 2015 #17

Where's profit involved here? Recursion Jan 2015 #18

I find it hard to believe money is not involved nikto Jan 2015 #47

"Not there".......from Medicare. Which is not a profit generating entity. WillowTree Jan 2015 #48

OK, then maybe the problem is simple UNDER-FUNDING? nikto Jan 2015 #49

Seriously?? That policy MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL!!! DesertDiamond Jan 2015 #15

It makes a lot of sense if you're managing Medicare's trust fund Recursion Jan 2015 #20

This country is immoral and greedy. onecaliberal Jan 2015 #19

could not agree more! ellennelle Jan 2015 #21

I can't blame you for being pissed off. I hope everything goes well. Vattel Jan 2015 #22

When Medicare was written, medicine was in the Stone Age Demeter Jan 2015 #23

Don't expect it with this current political climate. eom Cleita Jan 2015 #33

I don't. The PROPER response would be Universal Single Payer Demeter Jan 2015 #42

Both Medicare and ACA are far from perfect project_bluebook Jan 2015 #24

All true, however, maybe you can work with the doctors to trigger this as a different hospitalizatio still_one Jan 2015 #31

The doctor has nothing to do with it. WillowTree Jan 2015 #34

I'm sorry you and your mother are in such an awful place. Cleita Jan 2015 #35

I know this is too late to help your loved one, but just to let others know pnwmom Jan 2015 #36

joeglow ... LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #39

Medicare is single payer and government run IronLionZion Jan 2015 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jan 2015 #43

The problem comes down to profit motive. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #44

Good vibes for your MIL. bigwillq Jan 2015 #45

Medicare sucks... sendero Jan 2015 #50