Bipartisan Medicare Home Health Benefit Bill Has Nursing Homes Upset

By Maya Goldman / August 2, 2021 at 5:54 PM
Correction Appended Medicare beneficiaries could receive post-acute care, including daily living support, at home under a new bill introduced Thursday (July 29) by Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Todd Young (R-IN). Home health care advocates hope the bill moves through Congress this year, but the nursing home lobby strongly opposes the measure and at least one Medicare beneficiary advocacy group worries the lawmakers could be capitalizing on people’s fear of nursing homes. The bill could save the...


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