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Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

By Kaiser Health News  
   October 04, 2022

After 11 days in a St. Paul, Minnesota, skilled nursing facility recuperating from a fall, Paula Christopherson, 97, was told by her insurer that she should return home. But instead of being relieved, Christopherson and her daughter were worried because her medical team said she wasn’t well enough to leave.

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