81-year-old veteran billed $19k for rehab stay he was told Medicare would cover

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A veteran went into rehab in Sun City Center after a knee replacement and came out with a more than $19,000 bill.

Roger Brown received that bill nearly a year later. A cost he was told Medicare would not cover…

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