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Obama orders same-sex hospital visits
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Posted on 04/15/2010 9:00:23 PM PDT by LouAvul

President Obama on Thursday signed a memorandum requiring hospitals to allow gays and lesbians to have non-family visitors and to grant their partners medical power of attorney.

The president ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to prohibit discrimination in hospital visitation. The memo is scheduled to be made public Friday morning, according to an administration official and another source familiar with the White House decision.

An official said the new rule will affect any hospital that receives Medicare or Medicaid funding.

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KEYWORDS: bho44; bhohealthcare; bhohomosexualagenda; gaymarriage; gayvote; homosexualagenda; homosexualmarriage; hospital; kenyabelieveit; lavendermafia; liberalfascism; obama; schiavo
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yeah, and silly me. I thought living wills could establish power-of-attorney and end-of-life calls.


21 posted on 04/15/2010 9:12:01 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: Kleon

Yes, but how is the hospital supposed to determine the committed relationship in the case one of the partners is comatose? Upon what proof do they rely. This is easily solved by a written POA executed by the parties involved..


22 posted on 04/15/2010 9:12:03 PM PDT by keepitreal ( Don't tread on me.)
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To: LouAvul

stupid..you cant legislate relationships...duh


23 posted on 04/15/2010 9:12:22 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: dennisw

It would be Congress that would have the authority to hang the power of the purse over the heads of these hospitals. Normally. But with the cracker jack box that is Bummercare, who knows what it sayeth.


24 posted on 04/15/2010 9:12:33 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: LouAvul

How much power does a memorandum have? Also, what hospital stops non-family members from visiting or staying with loved ones? I’ve stayed with friends before (no family in the state). Obama is just grandstanding again.


25 posted on 04/15/2010 9:12:36 PM PDT by Clock King (There's no way to fix D.C.)
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To: Kleon

“I don’t disagree with this. People in a committed relationship should be able to visit their loved ones in the hospital. Obama actually took one of the bigger arguments for gay marriage off the table.”

I’m sure that’s the point...personally, I don’t give a rat’s ass what this idiot does, as long as it is lawful, because it can be undone. I doubt he has the authority and it is a stunt. Politics by stunt, dividing the country (as this SURELY will) and revving up the leftists base by fueling a fire is the community organizer’s stock in trade. I do not believe this comes within his powers....We’ll see, but this will not end well.


26 posted on 04/15/2010 9:12:47 PM PDT by jessduntno ( If someone calls me racist, I reply "you are just saying that because I'm white!")
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To: LouAvul

Yeah, who needs Congress anyhow?


27 posted on 04/15/2010 9:12:56 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (I am Ellie Light. I hate slow drivers.)
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To: LouAvul

{{{sigh}}}}


28 posted on 04/15/2010 9:13:14 PM PDT by Woodstock (: > CAP Mom)
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To: LouAvul

Glad to see he’s governing from the center like the jourbalists claim.


29 posted on 04/15/2010 9:13:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/2312894/posts?page=242)
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To: LouAvul

Next week he’s going to sign a law giving llama ranchers the right to purchase flat screen televisions.


30 posted on 04/15/2010 9:13:29 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (Now can we forget about that old rum-runner Joe Kennedy and his progeny of philandering drunks?)
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To: Woodstock

“Is this important? Who cares who can come see you in the hospital if YOU want to see them? Does this really need a law???”

In the service of expanding government intrusio, there is no need for a law...there is only a want to add more...


31 posted on 04/15/2010 9:14:36 PM PDT by jessduntno ( If someone calls me racist, I reply "you are just saying that because I'm white!")
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To: LouAvul
President Obama on Thursday signed a memorandum requiring hospitals to allow

Hard to believe little Hitler is already ordering around phantom Divisions... He is loosing it much quicker that I thought he would.

32 posted on 04/15/2010 9:14:47 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Kleon
People in a committed relationship

Or those who claim they are. If they are in a actual committed relationship then they have already taken the necessary legal steps to make sure that their snuggle bunny can visit them in the hospital and has their medical power of attorney.

It is less complicated legally then getting married so this is just more feel good hogwash.

What this means is that anyone can come to the hospital and claim that they are your gay lover and the hospital has to let them see you.

There is potential for a great deal of malicious mischief here.

33 posted on 04/15/2010 9:14:52 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I miss the competent fiscal policy and flag waving patriotism of the Carter Administration)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

This is a great big bunch of hoo hah...since time began in America, a person has had the right to turn their funds to whomever they want to, family or not. A patient also has always had the right to have any visitor the patient prefers.


34 posted on 04/15/2010 9:17:55 PM PDT by Republic (Stop the horrific liberals from spending ONE MORE DIME before they destroy our nation.)
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To: MestaMachine
Intensive care units don’t allow non family members

Bull. Been there, done that. More than once. Psych wards, ICU, Recovery.....never denied.

35 posted on 04/15/2010 9:19:29 PM PDT by digger48
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To: LouAvul
*sigh*

It must be nice to be King...

36 posted on 04/15/2010 9:20:27 PM PDT by Gritty (A court favoring a specific category of human being is state-sanctioned prejudice -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: Kleon

If a patient wants to see someone, related or not, they should be able to visit, unless there’s a compelling reason for a hospital to have a restrictive policy. Why government has to get involved is beyond me.


37 posted on 04/15/2010 9:20:31 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: ElkGroveDan

Now thats funny :)


38 posted on 04/15/2010 9:23:47 PM PDT by funfan
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39 posted on 04/15/2010 9:24:16 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

News to me as well. I distinctly remember a patient I worked with about 20 years ago who was dying from AIDS. His partner was as devoted as present continuously. He was as devoted as any heterosexual partner I’ve seen. He told me they had been partners 30 or 40 years. No one ever told him to stay away. Go figure. I’ve seen it repeated in hospitals I worked at as well - many times. When someone was dying (or just ill or whatever), the nurses and other staff want loved ones nearby. I have yet to see someone thrown out because they weren’t “officially” part of the family.


40 posted on 04/15/2010 9:25:38 PM PDT by BuckyKat
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