Half of all Americans now die in #hospice care.

Easy money & a lack of #regulation # transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud & exploitation.

The most audacious hospice firms enlist family and friends to act as make-believe clients, lure addicts with the promise of free painkillers, or sign up “phantom patients” by stealing personal information.

Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle:

https://www.propublica.org/article/hospice-healthcare-aseracare-medicare?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post