President Trump’s “ big beautiful bill ,” which passed the House with almost unanimous Republican support on May 22, mandates $500 billion in cuts to Medicare . This is a cruel assault on some of the most vulnerable Americans that will strip them of vital health care services. It will also take an axe to hospice , which relies on Medicare reimbursement to function. Since 1982, when Medicare first began covering hospice, Americans have turned to it for essential end-of-life services that address the specialized needs of the dying and allow for death with dignity.

Our current system doesn’t always run perfectly and would benefit from greater funding and support. I know this because when my mother was 99.5 years of age and less than six months away from her death, medical staff at our

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