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Health News tamfitronics Letters to the Editoris a periodic feature. Wewelcome all commentsand will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names.Lawmakers Must Protect Home Health To Alleviate Hospital BottlenecksThe stark reality that countless seniors lie stranded in emergency rooms across the country waiting for care underscores the need for models of care that better support older Americans (“Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm,” May 6). As KFF Health News reports, even if patients need to be admitted, at times, there are simply no rooms available.As noted in the article, the backlog of patients waiting to be discharged to home health care has partly contributed to this problem in ERs. Medicare’s home health care program enables complex, disabled, and older patients to receive care...