[Darkwolf377]

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.

Why would someone name a stranger as someone who should be allowed in to see them?

We can't just disagree with Obama because he's wrong 99.999% of the time.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They are not talking about people that you name as being allowed to see you. Those people are already allowed to see you during hospital visiting hours or even after if you ask. They are talking about people that you either have not named or are not capable of naming.

Let's say you are just out of surgery and doped to the gills. Under the old rules only family members, by blood or marriage, or other person with prior arranged permission would be allowed access to your drugged and helpless person. Under the new rules well, as long as they claim to be your lover, they must be allowed access. It could be anybody. Whether you know them or want to see them or not.