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Medicare Refusing to Cover Physical Therapy, Skilled Care for ‘Failure to Improve’

Have you been told that Medicare won’t pay for your physical therapy or skilled care because you’re failing to improve? A 2013 class-action lawsuit settlement was supposed to end this practice and educate the public that Medicare cannot deny coverage for “failure to improve.” But four years later, patients are still being turned away.

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How to Empty a Tub

In a psychiatric hospital, a journalist asks a doctor, “How do you determine whether to admit a person as a patient or not?”

“Well... we'd fill a bathtub with water and then give a teaspoon, a glass and a bucket to the patient and ask them to empty the bathtub,” replied the doctor.

“Oh, obviously a normal person would use the bucket because it’s bigger,” said the journalist.

“No, a normal person would pull the drain plug! Please go to bed No. 39. We will start further investigations on you soon,” said the doctor.

Source: www.ajokeaday.com

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