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Hospice for Profit | What Next | Daily News and Analysis Podcast

Since the 1980s, hospice has been covered by Medicare, and it’s come to be an expected part of the healthcare that millions of Americans receive at the end of their lives. But beneath the pamphlets of patients living out their days in comfort lies an uglier reality: a cottage industry that frequently misappropriates taxpayer dollars in the name of profit. Guest: Ava Kofman, investigative reporter for ProPublica. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Note: Captions are auto-generated by YouTube. Subscribe to Slate:    / slate   Learn more: https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next Follow Slate on Social: Host Mary Harris on Twitter:   / marysdesk   Slate on Twitter -   / slate   Slate Podcasts on Twitter -   / slatepodcasts   Slate on Facebook:   / slate   Slate on Instagram:   / slate