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Half of all Americans now die in #hospice care.
Easy money & a lack of #regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud & exploitation.
The most audacious hospice firms enlist family and friends to act as make-believe clients, lure addicts with the promise of free painkillers, or sign up “phantom patients” by stealing personal information.
Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle:
https://www.propublica.org/article/hospice-healthcare-aseracare-medicare?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Easy money & a lack of #regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud & exploitation.
The most audacious hospice firms enlist family and friends to act as make-believe clients, lure addicts with the promise of free painkillers, or sign up “phantom patients” by stealing personal information.
Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle:
https://www.propublica.org/article/hospice-healthcare-aseracare-medicare?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
How the Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle
Half of all Americans now die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into a $22 billion industry rife with fraud and exploitation.ProPublica
