• WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Old folks homes are routinely $5000/month (usually more) per person. That’s without any medical services which cost more. Insurance refuses to pay for them.

    Hospice homes are often $8k/month per person. They do charge your insurance. That’s actually one of the reasons everyone’s insurance is so damn expensive - hospice care is an incredible ripoff. Usually your loved one pays that rate, and they get seen by a doctor once a week and the orderlies and hospice workers see them for maybe 30 minutes a day. Those workers are paid less than $20/hr. The owners make incredible fortunes off of neglect.