By Harris Meyer | March 8, 2017 Democrats opened a House committee hearing Wednesday to mark up the Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with a slashing attack on the GOP for not offering an open and transparent process for considering the legislation. Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas asked that HouseContinue reading “Dems open ACA repeal bill hearing with slashing attack”
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Hospitalized Seniors Should Watch Out if they’re outpatient and not inpatient by SZ Berg
An increasing number of hospitalized patients age 65 and over are being classified as outpatients under observation rather than as admitted. “When hospitals classify people as ‘outpatients,’ on observation status, rather than as admitted inpatients, those patients cannot obtain Medicare nursing home coverage and may also have hospital bills they would not have if properlyContinue reading “Hospitalized Seniors Should Watch Out if they’re outpatient and not inpatient by SZ Berg”