Hospice Action Network

Hospice & Palliative · Iowa · Free

Advocacy arm of NHPCO advancing hospice and palliative care policy. For families weighing end-of-life care, comfort care, or quality-of-life-focused treatment alongside curative care. Medicare's hospice benefit covers nurse visits, medications, equipment, and 13 months of grief support for surviving family. Comfort care decisions are reversible — patients can leave and re-enter hospice as goals change. Open at no cost to Iowa seniors and the families supporting them.

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