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The popular ‘hospital-at-home’ effort is at stake in the federal spending battle

By Craig LeMoult for NPR)

Shane McMahon arrived at a home in Walpole, Massachusetts carrying a bag of medical equipment. He’s a paramedic with the hospital-at-home program run by Mass General Brigham. His patient was 91-year-old Stephanie Joseph.

“How is she feeling today?” McMahon asked Joseph’s daughter, Ketline Edouard, who translated for her Haitian Creole-speaking mom. Continue reading here…

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