Comments on: MRSA: Medicare's Superbug http://symtym.net/2007/11/mrsa_medicare_superbug/ meandering healthcare, law, technology... Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:46:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: medicare texas http://symtym.net/2007/11/mrsa_medicare_superbug/comment-page-1/#comment-335 medicare texas Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:31:57 +0000 http://symtym.com/2007/11/mrsa_medicare_superbug/#comment-335 "Medicare, the U.S. health plan for the elderly and disabled, will stop paying for treatment of some infections that arise in hospitals and are caused by germs such as MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, that are invulnerable to existing medicines. Treating resistant infections can cost as much as $300,000 for each case." Okay, that's great. Here we have hospitals where our Medicare beneficiaries are getting sick - they have insurance - it just won't cover the sickness. My advice - stay out of the hospital (and never touch the motel room remote control). Seriously though, what do you do about somebody getting sick in the hospital? “Medicare, the U.S. health plan for the elderly and disabled, will stop paying for treatment of some infections that arise in hospitals and are caused by germs such as MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, that are invulnerable to existing medicines. Treating resistant infections can cost as much as $300,000 for each case.”

Okay, that’s great. Here we have hospitals where our Medicare beneficiaries are getting sick – they have insurance – it just won’t cover the sickness. My advice – stay out of the hospital (and never touch the motel room remote control).

Seriously though, what do you do about somebody getting sick in the hospital?

]]> By: Darwin Corby http://symtym.net/2007/11/mrsa_medicare_superbug/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Darwin Corby Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:09:30 +0000 http://symtym.com/2007/11/mrsa_medicare_superbug/#comment-333 This is important information, especially for an elderly person on the Medicare part d plan. They don't need any more nasty surprises like being declined for care This is important information, especially for an elderly person on the Medicare part d plan. They don’t need any more nasty surprises like being declined for care

]]> By: Darwin Corby http://symtym.net/2007/11/mrsa_medicare_superbug/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Darwin Corby Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:09:30 +0000 http://symtym.com/2007/11/mrsa_medicare_superbug/#comment-334 This is important information, especially for an elderly person on the Medicare part d plan. They don't need any more nasty surprises like being declined for care This is important information, especially for an elderly person on the Medicare part d plan. They don't need any more nasty surprises like being declined for care

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