Will Medicare pay for nursing-home care?
By Sandra Teel
Steel Medicare Insurance Agency
Therearelimitedcircumstances when Medicare will pay for nursing- home care. If you have been admitted to the hospital for at least three days, after hospitalization, Medicare will cover 100 percent of care at a skilled nursing facility for the first 20 days. Starting on day 21, youwouldhaveacoinsuranceofup to $185.50 per day until day 101.
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