With some drugs, more is needed just to feel normal. When not taking the drug, users commonly experience depression that leads to compulsive drug use. Long-term substance abuse affects brain functioning, causing memory loss, learning difficulties and impaired judgment. Marijuana causes short-term memory problems.
1 Medicare beneficiaries paid an average of $725 per inpatient stay, [21] compared to $410 for each observation stay (and $528 if drug costs were included in each observation stay). [ 2 22].hort inpatient stays were often for the same reasons as observation stays. [19]. The Medicare program and Medicare beneficiaries pay more for short inpatient stays than for observation stays: 1  The Medicare program paid an average of $5,142 for each short inpatient stay, compared to $1,741 for each observation stay.
Coverage for inpatient care in a hospital. For inpatient hospital stays, Medicare will pay: 1  100 percent of costs for up to 60 days of inpatient care, after you pay the deductible. 2  You pay $1,260 in 2015 (up from $1,216 in 2014).