[Jim Noble]

The average survival in an inpatient hospice is several DAYS. Medicare pays for six MONTHS.

Referrals are made much, much too late in the vast majority of cases.

[afraidfortherepublic]

This private nurse that we hired has been pushing the idea of hospice for nearly a year. The doctor doesn’t agree, and I’m not pushing it. Mom is perfectly comfortable and well cared for right where she is. I figure the “push” is for money in somebody’s pocket.

[Liz]

Sen majority leader, Harry Reid, 74, recently said that enrolling in O/Care costs him about $4,500 more than before. But Harry says that's OK b/c the increase is "age-related.”

"Tolerant and compassionate" Obama knows that the most expensive h/care is delivered the last three years of life...so oldsters HAVE to pay more .

Heck, socking Harry w/ a massive increase could even save money. For sure, decrepit Harry will necessitate expensive medical care for diseases of old age including the ones he's being treated for now--- senility, Alzheimer's, dementia, arthritis, osteoarthritis, heart problems, heart attacks, stroke, kidney failure, prostate enlargement, osteoporosis (brittle bones)....etc.

Course, just in case ol' Harry hangs in there, Obamacare's I-PAB kicks in to ration medical care when stubborn old buzzards like Harry insist on getting more healthcare than his lousy $4500 per month entitles him to.

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THIS JUST IN Obama is cutting home healthcare under Medicare---guess he's gotta do something to finance his I-PAB health rationing group (cackle).

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[Abby4116]

Referrals are made much, much too late in the vast majority of cases.

In my mother's case the referral was made June 17 and she refused. Made several times afterwards with the same results. She finally relented on September 2 when she asked ME to sign for hospice for her. She died on September 5.