Federal lawmakers push for more Medicare benefits at home

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review)

A new bipartisan bill in Congress hopes to address Medicare’s looming insolvency issue by moving more care into the home, Politico reported April 21.

Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund is projected to run out in 2031, three years later than forecasted in last year’s report. Once the fund is depleted in 2031, the program’s income will only be able to provide 89 percent of scheduled benefits to Medicare enrollees. Continue reading here…

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