Nursing Home Surprise: Advantage Plans May Shorten Stays to Less Time Than Medicare Covers

(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News on October 4, 2022)

After 11 days in a St. Paul, Minnesota, skilled nursing facility recuperating from a fall, Paula Christopherson, 97, was told by her insurer that she should return home. here…

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