How would you like to be a patient at THIS hospital?

This is what compassionate care has come to under the Texas Futile Care law. Call or email your Texas State Representatives and Senators NOW so that hospitals can never again threaten to send patients "on to glory" against their will. Tell your Texas State Representatives to support HB1094 and your Texas State Senators to support SB439 so this kind of abuse never happens again.

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[jaxkipi]

People that just dump their family members off at the hospitals for the hospital to foot the entire bill is not fair. We loose millions of dollars to some of these people who don't step up to the plate and help with their family. It's not about the patient here, it's about the family. Millions of dollars lost for a hospital means less available money to care for other patients that need it too. Not fair.

[futilecare]

It doesn't matter how much insurance you've got available, nor how much you paid for it. Nor does the patients' health matter. They just need to be able to sell the "futile care" label. What's really not fair is the insurance companies' taking your money then not following through with their end of the bargain. If you don't think the insurance companies are really the engine behind the whole futile care movement, you'd better stay away from hospitals till you educate yourself.

[EMT0556]

The hospital has every right to do this and they need to! I have been in healthcare administration for a few years now and have seen this more than once. People do not want to accept responsibility for their own problems. By keeping persons in the hospital who do not need that type of care, you are essentially holding care for others. This woman may be a little harsh, however she is doing what is right.

[futilecare]

Well, I certainly wouldn't expect a hospital administrator to see any problem with treating a patient this way.  Most probably wouldn't see a problem with dumping patients in skid row like they do in Los Angeles. Such is the compassion of our "world class" medical care in this nation. The unthinkable has become routine treatment.

[popazz1]

Sorry,I don't understand the term 'futile care'! I see videos like this & I thank god we have a National Health Service in Britain.Free medical care 'from cradle to grave' was it's motto when it was created in 1948! However much it's resources have been stretched down the decades due to many reasons,not least the high cost of hospital management,it still,in the main,offers good quality care.How we disregard our elderly family members though is a total shame!

[Raquel66688]

It's pathetically sad how the insurance companues and most doctors don't rally care how the patient is or what's really wrong,they just want to make sure they get that money.

[weldon0m]

your GOD will make the final decision...

[Progo35]

I think that this should be clear from other comments I've made, but when I say that the law saves the state money, I'm not endorsing that process, I'm saying what is going on. Futile care laws are disgusting and must be stopped!

[valinall]

How little you know. She is being firm and forthright, and perhaps a little hypocritical with the religious references. Families do drop off their sick, aged relatives at hospitals instead of dealing with the reality of dying and suffering. This is wrong. When the family abdicates its responsibility, it no longer makes decisions, and the physician, hospital or even the state has to step in and make choices. And it is not just about money, it is what is ethical and just.

[13svincent]

what a bitch!!!

[superbooks7]

Right Progo, however, people should not be "going on to glory" in order to save the state money. When hospitals can make those decisions against patient's and against family's wishes, then this is not freedom in USA, and it is not right for the hospital to make that decision.