Problem $5-41($Algorithmic$)($LO$.2)$

Abbey spent the last $70$ days of $2023$ in a nursing home. The cost of the services provided to her was $$24,500($$$350$ per day$).$ Medicare paid $$8,400$ toward the cost of her stay. Abbey also received $$15,440$ of benefits under a long$-$term care insurance policy she purchased. Assume that the Federal daily excludible amount is $$420.$

If the amount is zero, enter $0.$

What is the effect on Abbey's gross income?

The amount of her exclusion is $fill in the blank $1$

and the amount included in her gross income is $fill in the blank $2$

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