This was my story, 13 years ago. I did all the care with two kids, 4 and 7. It would have been great to have help.
But the thing that the article misses is the proportion. If the suckiness of death and dying is normalized to -100, then having the hospice care feels somewhere south of 20, moving the experience from a -100 to at best -80.
As much as I dislike our insurance system, I'm not sure it's worth a lot of money for end-of-life help.
My understanding is that offering hospice is very cost-effective. For a lot of people the only reasonable alternative is staying in a hospital, which is very expensive.
But the thing that the article misses is the proportion. If the suckiness of death and dying is normalized to -100, then having the hospice care feels somewhere south of 20, moving the experience from a -100 to at best -80.
As much as I dislike our insurance system, I'm not sure it's worth a lot of money for end-of-life help.