the" Medicare and You 2001" booklet, the co-payment after 21 days has been changed to $99, which shows that as demand for health care rises, so has the cost. One of the problems with federal and state programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, is the fact that the cost of the services provided has a way of increasing at a much greater pace than the government's ability to do anything about it. In order to cover some of the extra costs of nursing homes some people purchase supplementary insurance, like Medigap or other kinds of insurance, which will protect their assets from any kind of risk. To sum up- long term facility costs are high and bound to go higher, as government funding cannot keep pace with rising rates, and many seniors and their families are unable to pay for Medigap and other private insurance to bridge the gap.
The health care system in this country has been under scrutiny for many years. More recently, managed health care programs and nursing homes have been highly criticized for their lack
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