{"id":6266,"date":"2017-03-27T08:29:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T12:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6266"},"modified":"2017-03-27T09:17:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T13:17:27","slug":"pre-hospice-saves-money-by-keeping-people-at-home-near-the-end-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6266","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pre-Hospice\u2019 Saves Money By Keeping People At Home Near The End Of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Gerald Chinchar isn\u2019t quite at the end of life, but the end is not far away. The 77-year-old fell twice last year, shattering his hip and femur, and now gets around his San Diego home in a wheelchair. 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