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Published: October 24, 2007
Cap on care puts hospice in financial dilemma
When Medicare opened up coverage, it overlooked funding
By Sara Ganus
It was only three days before Christmas when my father's oncologist mentioned the word "hospice” to my mother, sister and me in the waiting area at the OU Medical Center .

The word felt strangely foreign to me.

Like most people, I knew what it was — I knew hospices helped people die with dignity — but I never thought I would need to explore the term any further. I don't think anyone really does unless they ...

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