{"id":16396,"date":"2020-07-06T08:35:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T12:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16396"},"modified":"2020-07-06T08:35:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T12:35:33","slug":"what-seniors-should-know-before-going-ahead-with-elective-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16396","title":{"rendered":"What Seniors Should Know Before Going Ahead With Elective Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By\u00a0Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

For months, Patricia Merryweather-Arges, a health care expert, has fielded questions about the coronavirus pandemic from fellow Rotary Club members in the Midwest.<\/p>\n

Recently people have wondered \u201cIs it safe for me to go see my doctor? Should I keep that appointment with my dentist? What about that knee replacement I put on hold: Should I go ahead with that?\u201d<\/p>\n

These are pressing concerns as hospitals, outpatient clinics and physicians\u2019 practices have started providing elective medical procedures \u2014 services that had been suspended for several months.\u00a0 Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n

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