A health care nightmare: Insurance doesn't pay, Medicare doesn't care

Late in the afternoon an 81 year-old man is told that his wife is being tossed out of skilled-nursing. At 5:30 the case manager says we can appeal, but it must be done by noon the next day. We get the appeal in. Today, a week later (September 17th), we're told "Appeal Denied." Why, because they say we didn't file it in time.

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