The Nation - News from Feb. 17, 1987
Congressmen and health care groups said they will sue the government because too many Medicare claims for home health care are denied. Reps. Harley O. Staggers Jr. (D-W. Va.) Claude Pepper (D-Fla.) and Doug Walgren (D-Pa.) said unduly restrictive and arbitrary government rules for what Medicare will cover prevent homebound recipients from getting necessary nursing and other care. A Health Care Financing Administration spokesman said the number of home care claims denied by his agency has risen because of better data reporting, not a desire to hurt recipients.
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