{"id":118118,"date":"2026-06-12T02:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/12\/seniors-needed-long-term-care-and-rehab-their-private-medicare-plans-said-no-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T02:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:46:12","slug":"seniors-needed-long-term-care-and-rehab-their-private-medicare-plans-said-no-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/12\/seniors-needed-long-term-care-and-rehab-their-private-medicare-plans-said-no-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors needed long-term care and rehab. Their private Medicare plans said no. &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxOQ1UzQ2g2VFRmSkZUcERaV2VhanQ5dDU0cW82c2tFa094U0VOUGtGSW1RNXJnajVJOXpTR2d0SUdZX2tabmtiaGoza0JKTEVRYUN2VGRaeWZodTkzby1iTVVjN085Q0VhNk9jb1UxOFpBNEZPMGV3T1lfTXBUbTBwTlVVZnYzMUJUc0xfb1hhdUo3elVIQUFXLVVZN01LN2RLVFktX2w0cU9sYU1JVHRSMzhOWHBUdUh6dll2VnlrNkJ2NkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Seniors needed long-term care and rehab. Their private Medicare plans said no.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxPNzVubHRGZDcwalBEVGhqSUhUbzhqdXpsRGFTdFNPTGl2U1hKVnhMbjJGT2t0a0tSb0dydTVMdFZQTlhmbFR6MjNRZnpwa1dlbVU2ZGhFWHVNdVhTV0RnWk4xSDNicDdlaXZUQWdxcXp0dVBqcG5SWTRhSUgyQXZ4WEpIU2JvTzNw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Seniors Access to Rehab Care, Analysis Shows<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxOMVFGTG5UbXppR2NvT1A5SjZDd3ZNN1IzN3dXWEZQdkRjaDVxNXdfUTJqYjh6WTNnLUNNbVZha1l0VHlJN0lfb3NJVTZmZ3ZDbjg0bkJyQXNZMHcwSTlBZFJLR25uRnh4VEQzNmh0RUNuTE44aGF5UEpfTEh5NkZWVUtaSVViQkMyQXRwMVdJWVZFRkdHclp1OFRYWGhTSm4wNXlYRW5YcE0tRFp0bW5nZ2ZNVDYydw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">These private Medicare plans denied specialized care at highest rates<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">USA Today<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxNcGF2UlpMWnlJUmN2S2E1eGZ6WVhMOGFWZ3h1SDk4Wl9pYmc1N0FySkxSYkxVUmxVZHlseXFPUTNOam9Od0YzNjV5WF8zdTBjUmRocWlvVFV3N1NSdlFaNUc5MnhZVUFWOEJKRm43Tk1MUHhhUDFfYm9ZLVZtRVZLeWxPWXVIX1hqZ2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">BREAKING: MA denials being overturned at \u2018extremely high\u2019 rate, proving SNF care is inappropriately denied: OIG<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">McKnight&#8217;s Long-Term Care News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxNZVdueHVRRjdIeGxzYzB4cjliOWE0NnprSktlbUowLVhfSGtpejluMUl0QXJpSEsyRERBMmNrcWptcVdzbjlsNDFoUVdTSjRBczFMZUx3SlV3WEpfY1FDSWtxQlBxVloxQnVEWXdPdG9EeG9hOGFfclMzMW8yUXdXbWU2Y1ZHYWNaY1BYQU5uZDF0M0hoRF9JTnMxRVl2Q29VYmEtdFZRRVhiZzBfVU9lX1RZWFphdDNfYWVPekRQN2VyZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Medicare Advantage plans denied prior authorization requests at unusually high rates, HHS report finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seniors needed long-term care and rehab. Their private Medicare plans said no.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Seniors Access to Rehab Care, Analysis&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/12\/seniors-needed-long-term-care-and-rehab-their-private-medicare-plans-said-no-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}