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- Step One: Take some time to assess what is important to you now.
- Step Two: If you're leaning toward hospice care, where would you prefer to do it?
- Step Three: Discuss your health status and treatment/care options with your doctor.
- Step Four: Discuss the hospice option with your family and loved ones.
- Step Five: Speak with a mental health professional and/or your religious or spiritual advisor if you have one.
- Step Six: Decide how you will pay for hospice care or get it for free.
Making The Decision To Go Into A Hospice in Six Steps
Step Six: Decide how you will pay for hospice care or get it for free.
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- Most health insurance covers hospice care.
- If you have private insurance, look for words such as "Hospice", "End of life" or "Palliative Care"
- Medicare: both Original fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare Advantage policies cover hospice care.
- Medicaid covers hospice care.
- If you are not insured, and paying for hospice care is difficult, look at our information about dealing with a financial crunch. It will show you how to maximize your assets and minimize your debts. If you're not up to it, ask a caregiver to do the work for you.
- Free hospice care is available if you aren't insured and can't afford to pay.
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