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Arguing that some elderly people are being denied admission and discharged early. Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) said last week that Medicare’s prospective payment system “is in great need of reform.”
A member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Sen. Warner charged at a committee hearing that Medicare patients must meet rigid illness standards at some hospitals
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