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Old 10-02-2012, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Honu View Post
Those pesky old sick people. Shame on them for not getting better right away.
That's not the problem being discussed, is it?

It's to discourage hospitals from kicking seriously ill Medicare patients with certain conditions out early, with no continuing health care, where those patients "bounce back" (yes, that's the term for it) rather than continue their recovery.
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