FYI about Sheldon
On 2021-04-25 7:54 p.m., US Janet wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:10:28 -0700 (PDT), "
>> One of the maintenance men at work had a stroke many years ago. "I gotta get
>> home, I gotta get back to work." He had/has great insurance but his refusal to
>> remain in the hospital and then go for physical therapy has left him a terrible cripple.
>> That's not to say the therapy would have corrected his immediate disability but there's
>> nothing that can be done for him now.
>
> He needs to ask his doctor if he can have therapy. It isn't my
> understanding of Medicare that he can't.
We had a pretty damned good health care system here, but physiotherapy
is not always covered. From what I understand, if a doctor prescribes it
and refers you to the hospital it is covered by the government. I have
extended health care and if the doctor prescribes it I am covered by my
extended health care to a limit. If you have to pay for it yourself...
well, it's pretty damned expensive.
> I get authorized by my doctor at least once a year for some sort of
> therapy for one ouchie or or another. I forget how many weeks
> Medicare will go for, probably a couple times a year. No cost to me.
When I was on workman's compensation it was totally covered. When I was
prescribe physio for tennis elbow I had to pay and then apply to the
insurance company for reimbursement. It sure wasn't cheap.
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