Submitted by Avocadoexpresss t3_125ww38 in massachusetts
George_GeorgeGlass t1_je8c8lr wrote
Reply to comment by Initial_Dimension541 in Death with dignity by Avocadoexpresss
There’s no money in end of life care. It’s comical that you think so. That’s not where money comes from in our healthcare system. That’s actually peanuts. We lose money on that.
cowboy_dude_6 t1_je9iu4l wrote
It’s not hospice care people are talking about. It’s all the things people try before hospice care. Expensive cancer treatment regimens, patented prescription drugs (especially what seems to be trending now — wildly expensive antibody-based therapies), extended hospital stays, surgeries, dialysis, specialist consults, etc. It would probably be a better world if it was more acceptable to simply choose hospice rather than fighting until the very end.
For those who have never read it, I highly recommend Ken Murray’s 2011 essay “How Doctors Die”. Those who have experience with how the hospital system approaches care for the dying overwhelmingly reject it and choose hospice, or choose to die at home.
George_GeorgeGlass t1_jed0x2b wrote
I’m a nurse. I’ve don’t hospice care. But thank you for mansplaining the difference between hospice care of end of life/ death with dignity. Boy, am I glad you explained my job to me. Now I get it. Thanks to you
pelican_chorus t1_je9q8ag wrote
> Ten percent of all healthcare spending in the U.S. goes toward end-of-life care
That means after 75 years or whatever of life, you still spend a whopping 10% of your total healthcare costs in those last few months of life.
That's huge.
Lav4486 t1_je997d2 wrote
It's true. Lots of hospitals have given up their hospice programs.
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