. . . "When Medicaid pays for hospice treatment, it usually pays for medicine, health equipment rental, diapers, dressings and other supplies and professional staff to help the patient and his or her family.???Hospice care is for any disease where aggressive treatments are no longer going to help,??? said James Ellis, a Thibodaux-based oncologist and hospice doctor. ???This is purely supportive care to a" . . .