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this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2024
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A Boring Dystopia
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Medicare, probably.
Medicare only pays for short-term skilled nursing rehabilitation meaning you need something like physical therapy after a major surgery. For long-term care because you're just unable to take care of yourself, you'd need Medicaid or to pay several thousand/month out of pocket.
Ah, my mistake. It is very complicated. Usually, as a rule of thumb, Medicare pays for elderly care and Medicaid pays for poverty care, but there are--as you point out here--exceptions. Rule of thumb doesn't always work so well.
protist explained the american situation right which unfortunately I have first hand experience with my father.