{
  "id": 312494,
  "title": "Changing how Medicare pays for hospice care could save the U.S. $7.6 billion a year — but at what cost to patients?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/changing-how-medicare-pays-for-hospice-care-could-save-the-u-s-7-6",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-08T14:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MarketWatch Top",
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    "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/changing-how-medicare-pays-for-hospice-care-could-save-7-6-billion-a-year-but-at-what-cost-to-patients-270eb608?mod=mw_rss_topstories"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The hospice industry argues that the current payment system allows for providers to create individual care plans that meet patients’ specific needs.",
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        "outlet": "MarketWatch",
        "title": "Changing how Medicare pays for hospice care could save the U.S. $7.6 billion a year — but at what cost to patients?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/changing-how-medicare-pays-for-hospice-care-could-save-the-u-s-7-6",
        "published": "2026-08-05T19:52:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}