On 2021-04-25 6:28 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.Â* "I
>>> gotta get
>>> home, I gotta get back to work."Â* 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.Â* 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.Â* I have
> extended health care and if the doctor prescribes it I am covered by my
> extended health care to a limit.Â* If you have to pay for it yourself...
> well, it's pretty damned expensive.
>
What ****es me off is that my extended coverage will pay for quackery
(chiropracters)
but not physio unless I go for the top tier plan.