The team was from a private, for-profit agency. This agency only does hospice.

"Hospice" represents an unnecessary fragmenting of our healthcare system.

They bribe families into using them. People think they need "hospice" to get a hospital bed or a commode. Medicare wiil pay for those things without a person being on hospice. Then they do provide things like disposable briefs. So that saves families a few dollars. (We already get those through the VA and thru our Medicare OTC monthly allowance.)

They start you off with morphine, Ativan and Haldol. If your loved one is doped up enough, you will think they're comfortable.

Medicare wants them to talk you out of going to the ER or ED.