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See the facts from the Kaiser Foundation click here. When you look at non-elderly population (people not eligible for Medicare, the unisured in Texas goes up from 25% to 27.5%.
PHYSICIANS WANT TO KNOW what you want them to do if you are unable to tell them at the moment. If you are awake, you can still tell them, but if you are in a comma, and your heart stops, they don’t know what you want unless you put it in writing. Regardless of whether you support healthcare reform, please sign a physician’s directive and take the guess work out of health management…..take the pressure off your family. Make the decision ahead of time, sign the papers, and tell them what you signed so they don’t argue at your bedside.
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