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Pre-Hospice Program Offers Alternative End-of-Life Care

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After contentious debate over death panels four years ago, federal lawmakers are again taking up issues around end-of-life care. They're investing money into programs that care for the nation's sickest patients in a new way. One of them is based at Sutter Health in Northern California -- and it could be a model for the rest of the country.

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