claim: "under the affordable care act, anyone on medicare who is admitted to a hospital for observation will be responsible for the bill. medicare won't pay a cent."
author: chain email
evidence_1: may 13, 2014 ... medicare will pay a significant portion of observation care costs after .... that  under the 'affordable care act,' anyone on medicare who is admitted to a hospital  for observation will be responsible for the bill, medicare won't pay a cent. ...  doctors place hospital patients under observation to determine if they ...
evidence_2: mar 17, 2015 ... if the medicare patients are designated as "under observation" they will not be  covered by medicare and end up having to have to pay the hospital expenses. ...  that under the “affordable care act” anyone on medicare who is admitted to a  hospital ... will be responsible for the bill, medicare won't pay a cent”.
evidence_3: aug 29, 2016 ... a guide to help medicare patients receiving observation care. ... that is required  under a federal law that went into effect in august, and hospitals will likely ...  protecting california's seniors from surprise hospital, nursing home bills ... as  an inpatient and usually won't pay anything for admitted patients who ...
evidence_4: being classified as an outpatient under "observation" can spike your hospital  costs. ... if someone has spent at least three full days in the hospital as an  admitted patient ... care in a skilled nursing facility, so they must either pay the full  bill — more ... care but learn that medicare won't cover your stay in a skilled  nursing facility, ...
evidence_5: sep 24, 2017 ... people under 65 can still be eligible for medicare, but only if they have a ... the  bill then goes to the secondary payer, and they pay their share of .... there has  been some confusion about how the affordable care act ..... it turns out that many  beneficiaries have been admitted to the hospital for observation, ...