Dittbrenner H
National Association for Home Care, Washington, DC, USA.
Caring. 1998 Jul;17(7):32-3.
People with disabilities need home care to help them leave their homes; if they actually leave, however, HCFA now says they are no longer homebound and don't qualify for home care under Medicare. Many policymakers and legislators believe that the Medicare home health benefit was intended originally to be a post-acute benefit; however, current law does not support that attitude.
残疾人需要家庭护理来帮助他们走出家门;然而,如果他们真的离开了家,医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心(HCFA)现在表示,他们就不再是居家受限者,不符合医疗保险下家庭护理的资格。许多政策制定者和立法者认为,医疗保险的家庭健康福利最初旨在作为急性后期的福利;然而,现行法律并不支持这种观点。