To: mr_griz
"Mr. Schiavo soon chose to discontinue his wife's therapy and move her into the much cheaper hospice system. She's languished there for six years, tethered to a feeding tube while a fierce legal battle swirled around her. "In order to go into Hospice a doctor has to certify that the patient has a "terminal illness" and that if the illness runs it's normal course the patient will die within 6 months.
Someone in Medicare is not doing their job if they haven't looked at why this patient has been on Hospice for 6 years
106 posted on
10/17/2003 4:37:12 PM PDT by
DannyTN
(Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
To: DannyTN
Medicare is aware of the hospice's improprieties. See
this link.
Also, see
this link to see what a fine, upstanding institution Suncoast is.
150 posted on
10/17/2003 6:26:35 PM PDT by
iowamomforfreedom
(Why is it illegal to starve an animal but not a human being?)
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