Taking charge: A healthcare worker helping people at a mobile clinic in Brooklyn. Healthcare in Action plans to boost financial responsibility for elderly patients’ medical care. ― Bloomberg
NEW YORK: A California organisation is using a programme that pays billions of dollars to for-profit health insurers to provide care for the growing numbers of older Americans living on the streets.
Healthcare in Action, a new non-profit medical group, plans to marry elements of charitable “street medicine” clinics with Medicare Advantage plans used by insurance giants like UnitedHealth Group Inc and Humana Inc.
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