Forbes July 13, 2020
Andrew Wimer

In “the land of the free,” it has become astonishingly difficult to start up a new health care business in many states. This is the case even though demand for health services is anticipated to grow rapidly in the coming years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the health care and social assistance sector will be the fastest growing industry in the United States for years to come. One subsector in particular has grown by leaps and bounds in recent decades: hospice. Between 1990 and 2013, the number of Americans receiving hospice care increased more than seven times.

An aging population isn’t the only thing driving demand for hospice, so is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Wall...

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