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"Williams" |
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20 Mar 2005 12:19:48 PM |
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Bush signed law to pull plug on poor patients |
Bush signed law to pull plug on poor patients
In 1999 George W. Bush signed a law which allowed hospitals to withdraw
life support from patients, over the objections of the family.
A patient's inability to pay for medical care combined with a prognosis
that renders further care futile are two reasons a hospital might
suggest cutting off life support...
"When the hospital is really correct and the care is futile ... you're
not going to find many hospitals or long-term acute care facilities
(that) want to take that case," the spokesman said. "Any facility
that's going to be receiving a patient in that condition ... is going
to want to be paid for it, of course."
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| User: "Rodney Kelp" |
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| Title: Re: Bush signed law to pull plug on poor patients |
20 Mar 2005 06:53:21 PM |
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If you have to be plugged in there is no point to life. Pull the plug.
"Williams" <c-williams3@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:1111342788.182227.121850@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Bush signed law to pull plug on poor patients
In 1999 George W. Bush signed a law which allowed hospitals to withdraw
life support from patients, over the objections of the family.
A patient's inability to pay for medical care combined with a prognosis
that renders further care futile are two reasons a hospital might
suggest cutting off life support...
"When the hospital is really correct and the care is futile ... you're
not going to find many hospitals or long-term acute care facilities
(that) want to take that case," the spokesman said. "Any facility
that's going to be receiving a patient in that condition ... is going
to want to be paid for it, of course."
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| User: "Mark Sebree" |
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| Title: Re: Bush signed law to pull plug on poor patients |
20 Mar 2005 12:32:14 PM |
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Williams wrote:
Bush signed law to pull plug on poor patients
In 1999 George W. Bush signed a law which allowed hospitals to
withdraw
life support from patients, over the objections of the family.
A patient's inability to pay for medical care combined with a
prognosis
that renders further care futile are two reasons a hospital might
suggest cutting off life support...
"When the hospital is really correct and the care is futile ...
you're
not going to find many hospitals or long-term acute care facilities
(that) want to take that case," the spokesman said. "Any facility
that's going to be receiving a patient in that condition ... is going
to want to be paid for it, of course."
You might want to check your source. Bush was not "elected" until
2000, and could not sign any laws until Jan. 20, 2001. Unless, of
course, you are talking about Texas law, which I could easily believe.
Your really need to provide a cite for this type of assertion as well.
Mark Sebree
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| User: "qwerty" |
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| Title: Re: Bush signed law to pull plug on poor patients |
20 Mar 2005 12:50:49 PM |
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"Mark Sebree" <sebree@infionline.net> wrote in message
news:1111343534.635758.23570@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Williams wrote:
Bush signed law to pull plug on poor patients
In 1999 George W. Bush signed a law which allowed hospitals to
withdraw
life support from patients, over the objections of the family.
A patient's inability to pay for medical care combined with a
prognosis
that renders further care futile are two reasons a hospital might
suggest cutting off life support...
"When the hospital is really correct and the care is futile ...
you're
not going to find many hospitals or long-term acute care facilities
(that) want to take that case," the spokesman said. "Any facility
that's going to be receiving a patient in that condition ... is going
to want to be paid for it, of course."
You might want to check your source. Bush was not "elected" until
2000, and could not sign any laws until Jan. 20, 2001.
But he was "elected" Governor of Texas in 1994 and "re-elected" in 1998.
Unless, of
course, you are talking about Texas law, which I could easily believe.
Your really need to provide a cite for this type of assertion as well.
"In 1999, then-Gov. George W. Bush signed a law that allows Texas doctors
and hospitals to supersede patient or family wishes in some decisions
involving life support."
"The law requires that a hospital ethics board approve a doctor's
recommendation to end life support if the patient's family disagrees. The
committee is part of Memorial Hermann's ethics board."
"The law also requires a hospital to wait 10 days before turning off the
machines so the family can try to transfer the patient to another hospital."
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2001/03/19/StateLocal/Family.Challenging.Hospitals.Order.To.End.Life.Support-699176.shtml
"Under chapter 166 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, if an attending
physician disagrees with a surrogate over a life-and-death treatment
decision, there must be an ethics committee consultation (with notice to the
surrogate and an opportunity to participate). In a futility case such as
Sun Hudson's, in which the treatment team is seeking to stop treatment
deemed to be nonbeneficial, if the ethics committee agrees with the team,
the hospital will be authorized to discontinue the disputed treatment (after
a 10-day delay, during which the hospital must help try to find a facility
that will accept a transfer of the patient). These provisions, which were
added to Texas law in 1999, originally applied only to adult patients; in
2003; they were made applicable to disputes over treatment decisions for or
on behalf of minors. (I hasten to add that one of the co-drafters in both
1999 and 2003 was the National Right to Life Committee. Witnesses who
testified in support of the bill in 1999 included representatives of
National Right to Life, Texas Right to Life, and the Hemlock Society. Our
bill passed both houses, unanimously, both years, and the 1999 law was
signed by then Governor George W. Bush.)"
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/healthlawprof_blog/2005/03/lifesupport_sto.html
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