Jimmy Carter's last gift to America

[Jolly]

The American Public better get comfortable with it. As care becomes more rationed, Medicare and Medicaid will not pay for terminal patients to have hospital care.

[jon-nyc]

My parents both had home hospice care in their final days.

[Jolly]

Did they choose to do so or were they forced to do so?

[jon-nyc]

Chose. In the case of my mom we even had 24hr home care.

[Jolly]

Which is fine.

But...If the government is paying for all or part of your care, who chooses what type and level of care you receive?

[Mik]

My FIL had it too. It was a huge help. He surely did not want to die in a hospital.

[LuFins Dad]

Speaking of Hospice, the lead singer from Smash Mouth is in Hospice Care. Liver failure…

[jon-nyc]

Not any more, this story posted two minutes before your post.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66706205

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Jimmy Carter's last gift to America:

Not any more, this story posted two minutes before your post.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66706205

How much do you have to drink to die of liver failure at that age? And Keith Richards is still going strong

[jon-nyc]

A lot, unless he also has Alpha-1 (which affects liver too) or NASH another liver condition on top of it all.