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		ars on July 29, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dying Alone in Japan: The Industry Devoted to What... It's for people who are destitute. They insist you spend all your own money first, and then you are covered fully for everything, with a small monthly allowance from social security. Providers are happy to help you spend all your own money, and then be fully covered.

mirimir on July 30, 2018 [–]

That's Medicaid, I think. Medicare coverage for old people is much more limited.

But I do agree that fraudulent exploitation of Medicaid and Medicare by the medical industry is all too common.

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