AdvertisementHome Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically IllJanuary 17, 2018Susan JaffefacebookEmailColin Campbell, shown last month in his home near Los Angeles, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease — ALS — eight years ago. He gets Medicare because of his disability, but was incorrectly told by several agencies that he couldn't use it for home care. Instead, he pays $4,000 a month for those services. (Heidi de Marco/Kaiser Health News)