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Back on April 15th, 2010, as you likely know, President Obama issued a presidential memorandum on hospital visitation. While the memorandum wasn’t written solely for the benefit of the LGBT community, it did single us out, stating, “Uniquely affected are gay and lesbian Americans who are often barred from the bedsides [...]
Continue Reading →Okay. So if Advance Healthcare Directives (or, as I’ve taken a fancy to calling them: AHCD’s) really are all that as I keep professing, then what up? What’s the deal with people not getting one for themselves? Helluf I know; I’m just a gay guy with good hair. Let me consult an expert on [...]
Continue Reading →In responding to our darling Mary of North Carolina (see yesterday’s post for her question to President Obama about Advance Healthcare Directives/AHCD’s) Obama said that the new healthcare bill would make it easier for people to fill out a living will.
That, for the purposes of today’s blog, is Point of Confusion #1. [...]
Continue Reading →As we’ve confronted our seemingly-impossible goal of giving away 50,000 notarized Advance Healthcare Directives in 2010, one of the things we began meeting with almost immediately is that many people don’t know what Advance Healthcare Directives (or, as I like to abbreviate them: AHCD’s) are. People’s responses have ranged anywhere from thinking they know [...]
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