Many have been concerned that the changing Medicare programs will cease to provide hospice care but, as this quote from Investors.com explains, the new programs will actually open up more opportunities for patients:
People in hospice care no longer have to give up getting curative treatment, thanks to a new law. It allows Medicaid, the state-federal program for the poor, to cover simultaneous hospice and curative care for children with terminal illnesses. Medicare, which covers seniors and disabled people, will offer 15 similar projects. For example, someone with heart disease can get cardiac drugs while receiving hospice care.
Although some patients may choose to refuse curative treatment, there are many who would like to receive said treatment in the comfort and peace of a hospice rather than a bustling and impersonal hospital.
Hospice Care Corporation is a nonprofit organization that brings compassion, care and support to individuals and their families transitioning through life-limiting illness while providing outreach, education and expertise in grief support to the entire community. This blog exists to help further understanding of hospice.
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