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maliaSmith

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29. responding to you.

Reply to lostnfound (Reply #28)

Sun Jun 25, 2023, 01:06 PM

Jun 2023

I discussed how wonderful Hospice is to some people and obviously other people have had a not so good experience with them which I don't dispute. I had a good experience and I'm sorry others haven't. In a discussion, anyone can discuss the pros and cons of the subject which was Hospice.

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'You're not God': Doctors and patient families say HCA hospitals push hospice care [View all] dalton99a Jun 2023 OP

It's crazy the way Americans live in mortal terror of the government making medical decisions, Aristus Jun 2023 #1

You nuts? They LOVE having the government make medical decisions Warpy Jun 2023 #7

Great point! NIMBP erronis Jun 2023 #9

I remember reading an article DENVERPOPS Jun 2023 #8

My oldest sister was in a coma and on life support years ago. Dustlawyer Jun 2023 #19

I didn't say medical providers don't make mistakes. Aristus Jun 2023 #23

Only ghouls stop seeing a patient as human crickets Jun 2023 #2

Or physicians whose evolves Jun 2023 #12

Inflicting moral injury is only one of the many sources of provider burnout. Aristus Jun 2023 #24

K&R spanone Jun 2023 #3

St. Luke's did the same thing to my mother last year. lastlib Jun 2023 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Jun 2023 #5

Hospitalists. This happened to both my mom and dad. Freethinker65 Jun 2023 #6

When you have a for-profit healthcare system, then profits come first, not medical care. Lonestarblue Jun 2023 #10

My girlfriend was admitted to one of their hospitals last summer The Animator Jun 2023 #11

What is HCA? 3Hotdogs Jun 2023 #13

It's a health care chain. Fla Dem Jun 2023 #15

HCA Healthcare is ... reACTIONary Jun 2023 #16

Hospital Corporation of America NowISeetheLight Jun 2023 #18

HCA was run by Rick Scott who pocketed $300 million by defrauding Medicare in a $1.7 billion scam dalton99a Jun 2023 #22

AND He looks like Voldemort! SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2023 #25

Hospice care maliaSmith Jun 2023 #14

Hospice is wonderful for people who have a terminal illness lostnfound Jun 2023 #28

responding to you. maliaSmith Jun 2023 #29

They were there for my father and mother who both died at home. lostnfound Jun 2023 #32

For those wondering, HCA is a... reACTIONary Jun 2023 #17

thank you KT2000 Jun 2023 #20

Me to. I imagined Health Care Agency, even though... reACTIONary Jun 2023 #26

HCA and Mission Health (NC) NowISeetheLight Jun 2023 #21

Time to nationalize the hospitals. area51 Jun 2023 #27

My doctor went OFF last week. I mean -- OFF. KentuckyWoman Jun 2023 #30

This has a Monty Python- y feel to it: "I'm not dead yet!" NOT funny. CTyankee Jun 2023 #31