Whether you are covered by Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance, hospice services are available to you. If you do not have any health care coverage, many hospices will make their services available anyway. When the public makes charitable donations to hospices part of that money is reserved for such charitable services. Even the homeless can get hospice services from the charitable work of many hospices. If you have questions about paying for hospice and have private insurance, check with your insurance company's customer service answer line.
Many companies do provide coverage for hospice.
If you happen to have more than one illness, Medicare should continue to pay for the other services needed to treat those other medical conditions. If you find that you do not have coverage from a private insurance policy, check with more than one hospice to see which one will provide services to you. The local yellow pages may be helpful. If you live in a remote area and cannot find a local hospice to assist you, you might try contacting a nonprofit charitable hospice in a nearby city. Hospice Patients Alliance affirms that all human life is inherently valuable and that the role of hospice nurses, physicians and all other staff is to alleviate suffering and provide comfort for the sick and dying without sanctioning or assisting their suicide.