Yep, Medicare Can Ration Too

Only took a year to get this ECG reimbursement paid.

For unknown reasons, the paperwork proving Medicare became the couple's primary insurer on Feb. 1 was not submitted until Oct. 3. Every claim submitted by the doctor for the ECG was before Oct. 3, so all the claims were denied, McLeod said.

Funny how the payment went through after the government's new fiscal year starts after 1 October.

-Wes