A lot of people don't understand this about Medicare and are caught like we were when this happened. I often bring it up in conversations about health care because I don't want others to be caught unsuspecting like we were. We had 12 hours to get a hospital bed and a nursing service (which WE had to pay for). My sisters and I took turns staying with my parents at night because it saved money on nurses. ALl of us were working at the time so we had to have the day nurses (who were not that good) and my mother was in a wheelchair so she could do nothing.
And if all of us had lived out of town and my mother had been in a nursing home they would have STILL released him. They would have sent him to a private nursing home which Medicare does not pay for and would have exhausted all of his money and then put him on Medicaid, and then he would have been transferred to a low-rent nursing facility.
Younger people always think that Medicare is just like private insurance, but it is not.
Nexus between "duty to die" and significantly increasing the death tax????
That sounds awful what will happen under Obama’s plan? Would the extra days be covered or what?
Part A: (pays for inpatient hospital, skilled nursing facility, and some home health care) For each benefit period Medicare pays all covered costs except the Medicare Part A deductible (2009 = $1,068) during the first 60 days and coinsurance amounts for hospital stays that last beyond 60 days and no more than 150 days.
For each benefit period you pay:
A total of $1,068 for a hospital stay of 1-60 days.
$267 per day for days 61-90 of a hospital stay.
$534 per day for days 91-150 of a hospital stay (Lifetime Reserve Days).
All costs for each day beyond 150 days
Skilled Nursing Facility Coinsurance
$133.50 per day for days 21 through 100 each benefit period.
Part B: (covers Medicare eligible physician services, outpatient hospital services, certain home health services, durable medical equipment)
$135.00 per year. (Note: You pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount for services after you meet the $135.00 deductible.)
Additional information about the Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance rates for 2009 is available in the September 19, 2008 Fact Sheet titled, “CMS Announces Medicare Premiums, Deductibles for 2009” on the www.cms.gov website.
*Note: If your income is above $85,000 (single) or $170,000 (married couple), then your Medicare Part B premium may be higher than $96.40 per month. For additional details, see our FAQ titled: “ Medicare Part B Monthly Premiums in 2009”
Actually Medicare does pay for a skilled nursing facility, but only for the first 100 days, after that it is paid for either by family or Medicaid