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Medicare has a provision of Lifetime Reserve Days. Medicare recipients have a total of 60 of these days available to be used only once in the recipientsâ lifetime. The Medicare entitlement for in-patient care is limited to 90 days per benefit period. At the end of this period the must leave the hospital.
1 After day 90 in a benefit period, and if the person has no more lifetime reserve days available to use, the Medicare recipient is responsible to pay all of the costs associated with their hospital stay.  After youâve spent 60 days out of the hospital, your benefit period will start all over again.