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Prisoner Health Alert: Elderly Prisoners No Longer Required to Pay for Medicare Part B

by Eike Blohm, MD

A change in Medicare rules ends years of forcing elderly prisoners to pay for benefits they cannot use or face life-long penalties.

Americans 65 years and older are covered by Medicare, the government-run health insurance. Medicare consists of several parts: Part A covers hospitalizations; enrollment in ...

 

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