Eighty percent of people who die in the United States are on Medicare, making end-of-life policies a crucial component of the Medicare system.
This month marks a including the once-controversial funding for physicians to discuss end-of-life issues with their patients as well as updates to the hospice payment system.
Host Frank Stasio talks with , professor of public policy at Duke University, about changes in end-of-life policies and what his research demonstrates about .
Learn more about the topic in an episode of the new Sanford podcast
