Charleston Currents

July 6, full issue: On mentoring, fear, Medicare

IN THIS ISSUE
PHOTO: America’s flag
FOCUS: Increasing youth mentoring
BRACK: Fear must not win in S.C.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Kaynard Photography
SENIORS: What Medicaid covers and what it doesn’t
PALMETTO POEM: “Officials Are Optimistic,” by Gilbert Allen
GOOD NEWS: A Community United event, more
FEEDBACK: Send us your letters
CALENDAR: Redux event, Ansari reading, more
REVIEW: Death by Darjeeling, by Laura Childs
MYSTERY: Kind of creepy looking
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gov. Cole Blease

by Charleston Currents · 07/06/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

SENIORS: What does Medicare pay for?

By Mary Ross McQuage | At least once a week as I am providing guidance and referrals to families making plans for their elderly loved ones, I have to break the news that Medicare is not going to pay for their long-term care needs, either in a nursing home or at home. Many people assume that Medicare is going to cover all of their needs as they age. The typical response to finding out this is not true is, “Well, what exactly DOES Medicare pay for?”