In the final episode of No One Gets Out of Here Alive, Clemson University’s Tracy Fasolino addresses the four challenges facing palliative care and hospice services and highlights some of the legislative bills that may fill the needs for patients and caregivers dealing with serious illness. 

Guests on this episode include Edo Banach, Dr. Betty Ferrell from City of Hope, Dr. Wayne Hollinger, Mr. Pat Coyne from Medical University of South Carolina, and Ginger Marshal, CEO of Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association. 

No One Gets Out of Here Alive was produced by Tracy Fasolino for Health Affairs Podcast Fellowship Program.

Music by Elias Workman.

Related Links:

• The Hospice Paradox: How Medicare Fails Americans At The End Of Life (Health Affairs Forefront)
• A National Strategy For Palliative Care (Health Affairs)
• The Hidden Curriculum Of Hospice: Die Fast, Not Slow (Health Affairs Narrative Matters)
• Understanding The Use Of Medicare Procedure Codes For Advance Care Planning: A National Qualitative Study (Health Affairs)