This is very good news. The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services have officially recognized Brain Injury as a chronic condition. When I had a Traumatic Brain Injury, it ended up causing a stroke after 18 months of mediocre care & failure to recognize how badly I was doing. Nearly 2M people in U.S. suffer a TBI annually.
https://www.biausa.org/public-affairs/public-awareness/news/centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services-officially-recognizes-brain-injury-as-a-chronic-condition
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