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"National hospice company accused of fraud" January 5, 2012 9:25 pm bowser

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45877962/ns/health-health_care/#.TwZ1ujWLssI

‘”A national hospice company improperly cycled patients through nursing homes and hospice with a goal of making as much profit as possible from Medicare, according to a whistleblower lawsuit announced this week.

“Federal attorneys also sued the hospice company, AseraCare, alleging it milked Medicare’s hospice benefit by pressuring its employees to enroll people into hospice who weren’t dying and resisted discharging them despite evidence they weren’t deteriorating. One hospice patient who should have been immobile from end-stage heart disease was healthy enough to go to his granddaughter’s graduation and a berry-picking excursion with a friend, the government charges.”

No one has mentioned what the end of life was like for the patients of these folks who are squeezing every cent they can out of the folks who are dying.  If I were vindictive I might hope to their God that Libertarians and conservatives find their way into this private enterprise, profit-making company’s hands at the ends of their lives.

And I’m vindictive.  They and their families deserve to be at the tender mercies of these companies.

  • "Corporations are people, too." by ER 2012-01-06 04:35:57
    • None of the free enterprise people are on board for this. Or those who complain about the cost of ... by bowser 2012-01-06 18:27:43
      • Try to put yourself into their head, see it from their point of view. For example, I used to ... by ER 2012-01-06 21:25:26
        • I hope you didn't expect comments from "free enterprise people" after your "sentiments". n/t by RobVG 2012-01-06 18:47:55
          • Well, my sentiments are simply that, my sometimes rash opinions. And have no bearing on my crude attempt to deny the ... by bowser 2012-01-06 20:28:09
            • Your points about medicare fraud and patient victims are valid n/t by RobVG 2012-01-06 21:01:35

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