Hospice Care at Risk
My name is Melissa. I am a registered nurse for hospice. Every day I have to worry that the company I work for will not be able to continue what we do because medicare doesn’t believe hospice patients are dying. I realize that medicare must be careful and make cut backs and be careful of the budget. However, when a doctor certifies a patient is elligible for hospice they are saying they have done all they can for someone. This is not something easily done, by any health care professional. I would imagine if a senator’s loved one was dying they would want a hospice nurse to care for their dying loved one. Sadly,the rich and the poor are unaffected. It’s the people in the middle who are at risk of losing their rights.
Melissa
