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Module 1, Lesson B: Original Medicare Part A

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Blood

PhotoJoleen remembers the doctor saying that their father lost a lot of blood after the accident. She decides to look up the coverage for additional pints of blood to complete her review of the coverage related to hospital stays.

She learns that Medicare helps cover the blood a person with Medicare receives at a hospital or SNF during a covered stay. The person pays for the first three pints of blood unless he, she, or someone else donates blood to replace what is used.

With the hospital coverage clear in her mind, Joleen is ready to look into the coverage for SNF care.

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Last Updated 11/02/2004