{
  "id": 748567,
  "title": "My husband was kicked out of hospice. Here's what I learned.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/my-husband-was-kicked-out-of-hospice-heres-what-i-learned",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T09:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hospice-care-discharge-rules-patient-guide/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "My 73-year-old husband, Mike Salmon, had recently recovered from multiple surgeries due to aortic aneurysms and sepsis. He was informed by doctors that two more major and risky operations were needed. However, if he did not undergo the procedures, the aneurysm or sepsis could take his life within weeks. We were then placed on hospice care, which is designated for patients expected to pass away within six months and does not provide curative procedures or drugs. Instead, its primary objective is to ensure patients' comfort, usually at home, as their illness concludes. Mike joined the 6% of patients who were discharged from hospice care each year due to improvements in their health.",
  "summary": "Some seriously ill patients improve on hospice. About 1 in 16 patients enrolled in hospice care lose eligibility as a result. Here's how to get appropriate care.",
  "key_points": [
    "Husband Mike Salmon recovered from surgeries for aneurysms and sepsis.",
    "Placed on hospice care after doctors stated need for risky procedures.",
    "6% of patients discharged from hospice due to health improvements."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Being discharged from hospice care due to improved health changes the treatment approach, shifting focus from comfort to potentially curative measures, and altering the patient's and family's expectations and experience.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}