OpEdNews Petition: Stop Hospitals From Utilizing Guardianships to Override Patient Rights

This petition has no supporting evidence, and so I cannot really judge it. But care decisions DO have to be made, and sometimes those do include cost - when an organization only has so much money, if a particular therapy or procedure will prevent live saving efforts for many other patients, a decision DOES have to be made. This is true of government, for profit and not-for-profit medical organizations.

If there were infinite money for healthcare, it would be easy, but we are in a time of limited budgets, with Medicare paying below cost for many doctors. TRICARE pays less yet, the ACA plans pay further less, and MedicAID at $0.47 on the dollar is the most cutthroat. Only people who are very rich can truly get any care they want.

PO1 Tony Holland good share and read, well received and much appreciated!