Medicare to pay for end-of-life counseling for terminally ill.....

[Historic NY]

In a major change of policy, Medicare will now pay for end-of-life counseling for terminally-ill patients.

Amy Berman is a former nurse who now works at a health policy foundation. So five years ago, when diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer, she knew to do her homework.

"It's the worst form of breast cancer to get," she explained. "Nobody survives it.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicare-to-now-pay-for-end-of-life-counseling-for-terminally-ill/

[niyad]

1. certainly took them long enough.

[LuvNewcastle]

2. End-of-life counseling should be available

to everyone who needs it, and I'm glad that Medicare is doing this. Providing counseling for the dying is the humane thing to do.