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The Hospice Action Network Presents 2023 Angel Awards Honorees

NHPCO

President and the first known President to utilize the Medicare Hospice Benefit. While in office, the Carter administration tested hospice care as a model, which later led to the Medicare Hospice Benefit we know today. At 99, former President Jimmy Carter is the longest living U.S.

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Cutting Costs: How a Republican Administration Could Impact Hospice

Hospice News

Home-based care has a proven track record of reducing the total cost of care, which could lead to increased government investment in those services. Hospice is a great example. Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 This is up from 19% in 2007.

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