{"id":4164,"date":"2016-09-01T08:32:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T12:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2016-09-01T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T12:32:31","slug":"how-to-fight-for-yourself-at-the-hospital-and-avoid-readmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4164","title":{"rendered":"How To Fight For Yourself At The Hospital \u2014 And Avoid Readmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Everything initially went well with Barbara Charnes\u2019 surgery to fix a troublesome ankle. But after leaving the hospital, the 83-year-old soon found herself in a bad way.<\/p>\n<p>Dazed by a bad response to anesthesia, the Denver resident stopped eating and drinking. 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