What would slashing billions from Medicare’s home health care program mean for senior citizens and efforts to overhaul health care? Listen to WAMU’s Diane Rehm discuss this topic with:
Marilyn Moon, director of health programs for the American Institutes for Research
William Dombi, Vice President of Legal Affairs, National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC,) Director of Center for Health Care Law in Washington DC
Traci Anderson-Araujo, the president of MedStar's Visiting Nurse Association Family of Companies, MedStar VNA is a non profit provider of home health care in the DC metro area
Michael Chernew, professor in The Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, a member of MedPAC (the federal Medicare Payment Advisory Commission), the Commonwealth Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System, and the Congressional Budget Office Panel of Health Advisers.
Tell us what you think of these proposed changes? How will it affect seniors and those who depend on home health providers?
Listen: http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/305/510071/121243801/WAMU_121243801.mp3
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