November 2008

New Program Will Help Those in Foreclosures or Those Having Trouble Making Mortgage Payments (Read the full article)

(Read the full article) for a compilation of Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and other figures for 2009 that are of interest to the elderly and their families.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that until a patient is formally admitted to a hospital as an inpatient, the clock does not begin to run on Medicare's three-day hospital stay requirement to qualify for skilled nursing facilitycoverage. (Read the full article)

In a controversial practice known as "balance billing," health-care providers are going after patients for money they don't owe. (Read the full article)

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity."
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959

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