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Susan Collins: “To expect a beneficiary to understand whether or not they have been in a hospital bed as an inpatient versus in…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2014
To expect a beneficiary to understand whether or not they have been in a hospital bed as an inpatient versus in observation status is just absurd.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins criticizes the confusion surrounding Medicare's inpatient and observation status.

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