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To: Jim Noble

My mom passed this morning from dementia. In the last year she’s racked up well over $1,000,000 in costs to Medicare.

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12 posted on 11/12/2025 6:01:22 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

My mom passed this morning from dementia. In the last year she’s racked up well over $1,000,000 in costs to Medicare.

A $50/hour nursing coverage 24/7/365 one-on-one is $438,000.


16 posted on 11/12/2025 7:05:32 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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https://summitpacificmedicalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SPMC-DRG-Price-List-Effective-1-1-2025.pdf

Might be $35K/hospitalization on average for the hospital.


18 posted on 11/12/2025 7:11:27 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Lurker

Sorry for your loss.

I take care of people like that every day. I don’t know if it’s possible to change the road we are on at this point.

When my grandparents died, things were very different.


24 posted on 11/12/2025 7:31:34 PM PST by Jim Noble (Let it turn to something else, Matty)
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