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Joleen and Todd
picked up the following key points about Medicare Part A from their review
of the Medicare & You handbook:
- Medicare Part
A (Hospital Insurance) helps pay for hospital stays, SNF care, home
health care, hospice care, and blood.
- Most persons
do not have to pay a premium for Medicare Part A.
- A benefit period
is the way in which Medicare measures a person's use of hospital
and SNF services.
- Medicare covers
the blood a person with Medicare receives during a hospital or SNF
stay.
- A person with Medicare
must meet certain conditions to be eligible for home health care.
- Medicare Part
A covers hospice care for a person with Medicare only if a doctor certifies that
he or she is terminally ill and probably has less than 6 months to live.
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