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Archive Home > 2005 > May > 15 > New Wyden, Smith bills may improve hospice care

New Wyden, Smith bills may improve hospice care

Measures would require Medicare to tell patients of pain-management rights

By Monica Mercer / The Bulletin
May 15, 2005

WASHINGTON - Oregon Sens. Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden have introduced bills to change the role of medication to reduce pain at the end of life.

Medicare currently will not cover curative care for a patient who moves into what is called palliative hospice care, which seeks to make patients as....

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