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The Schizophrenia of Health Care Spending: Cost to Some and Revenue to Others

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on September 6, 2011

In early August, when the debt ceiling agreement was reached, many news reports noted the agreement did nothing to address core reasons for the debt, namely: Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. Indeed, nearly every article written about the debt ceiling talked about the need to “deal with” (aka: cut) Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

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The Changing World of Hospice Care

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on August 8, 2011

When I was in graduate school and early in my career, hospices were viewed as one of the most altruistic components of the health care system. With a philosophy of caring holistically for those at the end of life by controlling symptoms, supporting families, and providing a “good” death (preferably at home), hospices seemed to represent the vision of compassion that should be embodied in a caring profession. Hospice care was formalized in Great Britain in the late 1960s, and federally funded in the U.S. for the first time in a 1979 demonstration project. The hospice benefit became a part of the Medicare program in 1982 and fully incorporated in 1986.

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