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Hospice Is a Profitable Business, but Nonprofits Mostly Do a Better Job

Nearly three-quarters of hospice organizations are now for-profit. Complaints of fraud and profiteering are growing.

The company is heavily reliant on a cancer drug that could be targeted by a program intended to lower drug prices.

Negotiations to prevent a government default reaffirmed that the big drivers of future deficits are all off the table in a divided Washington.

Details are trickling out about the accord that could avert a default on the national debt. Here’s what to know.

Negotiators have focused on a relatively small corner of the budget, shunning new revenues or cuts to the fastest-growing programs