Holly,
The problem being that they want to attack life at both
ends of the spectrum: killing babies through abortion & now our
beloved elderly by governmental " proxy " . Proxy this jarhead!
People are intelligent enough to make predetermined decisions through
familly. We need neither doctors nor big bad government deciding for
us. Thank you but no sir !
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On Dec 28, 5:35 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Keep word is VOLUNTARY. I was once declared terminally ill in a VA
> hospital. A social worker explained Living Wills, how to sign over
> Power of Attorney to a trusted person to make medical decisions for me
> once I was no longer able to, etc. etc. I was very grateful for the
> help and guidance. So what's the problem here?
>
> On Dec 28, 4:03 pm, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > SEC. 1233. VOLUNTARY ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION.
>
> > ...`(B) An explanation by the practitioner of the role and
> > responsibilities of a health care proxy and of the continuum of end-of-
> > life services and supports available, including palliative care and
> > hospice, and benefits for such services and supports that are
> > available under this title.
> > `(C) An explanation by the practitioner of physician orders regarding
> > life sustaining treatment or similar orders, in States where such
> > orders or similar orders exist....
> > ...
>
> > palliative care - to ease symptoms without curing the underlying
> > disease.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palliate
>
> > hospice - a facility or program designed to provide a caring
> > environment for meeting the physical and emotional needs of the
> > terminally ill.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hospice
>
> > In order to get to the House version of this bill -
> > 1. click on this linkhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.111hr3962
> > 2. Click on the link that says 'Text of Legislation'
> > 3. Click on the link that says 'H.R.3962.EH'
> > 4. Click on the link about one-third the way down the page that says
> > 'SEC. 1233. VOLUNTARY ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION.'
>
> > And here is the link to the Senate version of this bill -
> > 1. click on this linkhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.111hr3962
> > 2. Click on the link that says 'Text of Legislation'
> > 3. Click on the link that says 'H.R.3962.PCS'
> > 4. Click on the link about one-third the way down the page that says
> > 'SEC. 1233. VOLUNTARY ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION.'- Hide quoted
> > text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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