Sorry, I thought that I would have to excerpt the post.
Here’s the quote that floored me:
“...the refusal of patients to die according to actuarial schedules has led the federal government to demand that hospices exceeding reimbursement limits repay hundreds of millions of dollars to Medicare.”
Okay, I'm not for big government, but this is ridiculous. Medicare should step up to the plate and continue to fund the care of these individuals until they die. As it now stands, they are encouraging the idea that people should be done away with when they get too expensive to care for.
There’s a simple solution to the problem of those who insist on lingering. I expect it to come about before too long. The sheep will be convinced that it is a good thing.
Does not take much here to figure out the ‘next generation’ of problems re ‘health’ care. . .and the Government’s response.
Just goes to show anytime you accept federal help of any sort there are all kinds of strings attached.
I doubt very seriously that hospice professionals have any influence upon the decision that a person is “dying” and turned over to hospice. This is a decision for Medical Doctors. So if Hospice does not choose the begining of their charge, they can only be held resposible for the END. Looks like our wonderful nanny state is actually punishing the hospice caregivers for failing to terminate their charges. Tell me I’m wrong. Please.
For a hospice, death means money.