How well does Medicare cover end-of-life care? It depends on what type

Not all versions of Medicare are created equal—and when it comes to end-of-life care, some versions may serve a patient’s needs better than others. That’s the focus of newly published research by Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Ph.D., MPP, a University of Colorado Department of Medicine and CU Cancer Center health economist, and her colleagues. The researchers analyzed the experiences of more than a million people receiving Medicare-funded services in the last six months of their lives. Many of these patients had one or more life-limiting illnesses at the time of death, including cancer, dementia, and end-stage organ failure. Their paper was Read More