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Home Health Care

Skilled medical services delivered at home — nursing visits, physical therapy, wound care.

What they don't tell you

Different from a home aide who helps you shower. Home health is medical, doctor-ordered, and Medicare pays for it under specific conditions (homebound + needing skilled care). Most people confuse this with private-pay home aides and assume Medicare will cover both. It won't.

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