Health Care Law Aims to Limit Need to Rehospitalize Patients

Name: Health Care Law Aims to Limit Need to Rehospitalize Patients
Uploaded: 2013-06-29T00:08:52Z
Duration: P567S
Description: Every year, nearly 2 million Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged, at a cost of $17.5 billion. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on provisions in the new health care law that aim to limit the need to rehospitalize Medicare patients.

Clip: 06/28/2013 | 9m 27s

Every year, nearly 2 million Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged, at a cost of $17.5 billion. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on provisions in the new health care law that aim to limit the need to rehospitalize Medicare patients.

Aired: 06/28/13

Rating: NR

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