About This Site | Text Only. 1941: Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor Japan has launched a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and has declared war on Britain and the United States. The US president, Franklin D Roosevelt, has mobilised all his forces and is poised to declare war on Japan.
In comparison, total hospice spending for Medicare in 2010 was $13 billion, with an average cost of approximately $10,700 per patient. Medicare does not limit payments for hospice care for individuals, but enforces an aggregate cap for agencies of about $24,500 per beneficiary.
Sixty percent of that average cost â $34,500 per year â is covered by caregivers and the rest of the family themselves. The bulk of this is in the form of uncompensated care, but the out-of-pocket costs to the family add up â an average of $7,259 per year.he bulk of that average $34,500 cost â $27,200 â is uncompensated caregiving that helps 70 percent of dementia patients live in the community, rather than in a costly nursing home or assisted living facility.