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[quote=Anonymous]To be eligible for Medicare coverage, the physician has to state that the patient has less than 6 months to live. However, once on hospice, a patient may remain on hospice as long as the physician continues to believe the condition is terminal. So you aren't "kicked off" in 6 months. In reality, many people do wait to go on hospice until very near the end, because they and/or family members are struggling to accept that the condition is terminal, and don't want to give up treatments that are considered curative, or just don't want to give up hope. [/quote]
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