A better description is that the bureaucracy has t...

2008-06-17T19:24:00.000-06:00

A better description is that the bureaucracy has tricks that make us feel like we are little people so that they can stuff us in their preformatted slots.

Thanks, Kevin. I very much appreciate your commen...

2008-06-16T15:17:00.000-06:00

Thanks, Kevin. I very much appreciate your comments. And yes, we are the little people in this equation.

The really bizarre thing about this is that my folks had enough savings to cover the time in hospice, even if the insurance had paid nothing. But the medical industrial practitioners had my Mom so scared of having to pay exhorbitant costs out of pocket and of having the appearance that she wasn't doing everything possible to extend Dad's life that she didn't even question the requirement to put Dad in the hospital first.

The only other option that the industry folks even mentioned was just letting Dad pass away at home. Unfortunately, Dad's needs while he was still coherent required the ability to administer medications and some specific knowledge about care of a dying individual.

In actuality, the hospital ended up working with us, putting Dad in an out-of-the-way room, and providing nurses that were quite compassionate. But it would have been much nicer had we been able to spend these days in a hospice facility.

Knowing what I know now, I'd say to heck with the insurance. We're going to do what's best for us and deal with the finances afterward.

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A better description is that the bureaucracy has t...

Thanks, Kevin. I very much appreciate your commen...