My mother is 94 and in almost perfect health - takes an iron pill and Aricept. She rarely has a medicare claim and is paying her own way in memory care, so there are old folks not requiring medical attention.
As far as medicare having difficulty it can be attributed to fraud and waste much more than care that is provided. They will pay for anything as long as it is coded correctly. It makes my hair stand on end when someone says "why wouldn't I have that treatment I may not have really needed - I don't have to pay for it". Yes you do with you tax dollars. People we all need to wake up and smell the coffee.
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