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	<title>medicare-medicaid.com &#187; Long-Term Care</title>
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		<title>Enrollment for 2009 Starts Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Long-Term Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year in mid-November, enrollment for Medicare and Medicare Supplements begins.  It can be a confusing time due to changes in coverage, changes in premiums and any fine print that comes along with the process.
Many seniors on Medicare are very worried about premiums going up for 2009.  That is understandable, especially if a person is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Will New Proposals Affect Long Term Care?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benefit Cuts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long term care has long been an important issue that needs to be addressed and has been debated many times.  With Medicare and Medicaid systems under so much financial strain and with proposals in the works for revisions and provisions, it seems that Congress on both sides of the aisles is grappling with the issue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush Long Term Care Cuts Gaining nationwide Bipartisan Criticism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bush Gains Bipartisan Criticism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, President Bush’s attempts to save and/or move money around are being called “ill-considered” and “a serious detriment to seniors and long term care.”
Bush has proposed $770 million in cuts to Medicare A national nursing home funding cuts scheduled to take place in a few weeks.  Not only is the bill considered harmful to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facilities for Elderly Investigated by New Jersey State Advocate</title>
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		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/facilities-for-elderly-investigated-by-new-jersey-state-advocate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assisted Living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When elderly individuals go into along term care facility or a similar facility and self pay, the cost can be astronomical.  Making sure that the person is comfortable, well cared for, in a clean environment and positive atmosphere is not a low budget issue.  What happens, though, when a private pay individual converts to Medicaid?
Well, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skilled Nursing Rehab and Medicare</title>
		<link>http://medicare-medicaid.com/nursing-homes/skilled-nursing-rehab-and-medicare/</link>
		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/nursing-homes/skilled-nursing-rehab-and-medicare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 06:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding how Skilled Nursing Rehab works and where Medicare fits in is extremely important.  There are a lot of facts that can affect your situation and create some serious issues for you if you or someone in your family needs this type of care.
The way Medicare handles Skilled Nursing Rehab is that the original Medicare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Long Term Care Fit into The Future of Medicare and Medicaid?</title>
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		<comments>http://medicare-medicaid.com/general-medicaid/does-long-term-care-fit-into-the-future-of-medicare-and-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 05:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnaLise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General-Medicaid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[long-term funding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New England Journal of Medicine recently released an article regarding the place that Long Term Care will play in the future.  Because it affects such a large part of the population, it is an important topic to tackle.
The article brought out that there are serious flaws in the long term care system and that [...]]]></description>
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