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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.
For days 60 to 90 Medicare pays all except $267 per day (which your supplement will pay). You also have 60 lifetime reserve days that you can use if you are in the hospital longer than 90 days in a year. Medicare will pay all except $534 per day (which your supplement will pay). After you've used your reserve days Medicare will not pay anything more, although your supplement will pay an additional 365 days.