The Hospice Advocacy movement is growing by leaps and bounds throughout the nation. Hospice Advocates are paying close attention to legislation and policies that are affecting end-of-life care in their communities. In the news releases below you’ll get a glimpse of some recent policy issues impacting hospice and in some cases or press releases, you can see how the Hospice Action Network is responding to them.

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Hospice in the News

• Hospice care provides good value for taxpayers- Star Gazette, August 16, 2011
• The Ethics of Hospice Care- Huffington Post, August 1st, 2011
• Letter To The Editor: Hospices Are Serving A Critical Need- Kaiser Health News, July 5th, 2011
• Doctors often struggle to show compassion while dealing with patients- Washington Post, May 16th, 2011
• U.S. rules require clearance for long hospice stays- Philadelphia Inquirer, May 5th, 2011
• For Governors, Medicaid Looks Ripe for Slashing- New York Times, January 28th, 2011
• More People Choosing Hospice at Life's End- U.S. News and World Report, January 28th, 2011
• Evidence is growing for benefits of end-of-life talks- Houston Chronicle, January 13th, 2011
• Health Hyperbole- Letter to the editor, The Toledo Blade, January 12th, 2011
• Medicaid hospice cuts could be costly- Letter to the editor, The South Carolina State, January 7, 2011
• Revisions to Medicare concern Hospice- Gainesville Sun, January 5th, 2011
• U.S. Alters Rule on Paying for End-of-Life Planning- N.Y. Times, January 4, 2011

NHPCO HAN News Releases

• Hospice Profit Status is Not a Reflection of Quality- February 2nd, 2011

• Hospice Advocates to Congress: Protect Access to Compassionate and High Quality End-of-Life Care
  April 22, 2010

• Hospice Objects to MedPAC Margin Projections and Reductions 
  January 14, 2010
   

Resources

• NHPCO's Facts & Figures on Hospice

• Medicare Hospice Benefit