How palliative care is not emphasized during medical education nor is valued by Medicare:
“When a three-person palliative care team made up of a doctor, a nurse and a psychologist spends 90 minutes in a meeting with a family, Medicare would probably pay $130 to $140″”for all three people . . though it would be hard to say that one of us is practicing more sophisticated medicine.”





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