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TO~. Our Elected Off~ials C0~ ~ , ~ - „ . ','.I
FROM. N ~ ~~S
DATE: December c 1997
This is An Emergency Alert Related 7o The New B ~ ~ ~ Budget Act of 1997
The changes in tmrne heakh benefits beginning Januar< T rriil be devastatingforour
elderly. An example: If a patier~ recEives services for a f~ ~ hip in January ark later needs
care for a stroke they will have used up their"per beneftr ~it° and be unable to gei care.
This will mean that they have to stay in a hosptal or be " to their bane. The cost for
heath care will skyrocket upward as ~tier~s spend nee ' ~:rys in the hospRal since they
can't be acce~ked by any home heath agency.
Home Heath Agencies will have no gray of knowing ~ n Much of the patier~s °per
beneficiary Iknt" Ins teen reed up. HICFA has no sy= glace for us to check how
much of a paC~ents benef~ remains. Therefore acceptin; X21 ~+ill take more tune while the
Home Heath Agency invesfigates and the patient auats ` care or in a hospital
No one can afford this! Patients will deprNed of sere! ois stuafion ~ deplorable.
Please, our elderfy popu~tion grams caity, there are sa+ r [o cor~rol increasing costs,
we need younvoice, laudty, pr~ectir,~ tip I'ues of ourfr. arty.
Please voice our concerns and ovcsrtum tt~ incredibly r fe provisans of the law.
Sir~erely,
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