n*******t 发帖数: 7254 | 1 http://www.latimes.com/news/la-naw-visitation16-2010apr16,0,4288542.story
Obama orders public hospital visitation rights for same-sex partners
President Obama late Thursday ordered most hospitals across the country to g
rant the same visitation rights to gay and lesbian partners as they do to he
terosexual married couples.
In a memo to his Health and Human Services agency, Obama ordered the secreta
ry to make sure all hospitals getting Medicare and Medicaid money are honori
ng all patients' adva |
g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 2 这是一件大好事。但是还有social security benefit, immigration, tax, etc.,还
是一了百了把DOMA废除吧。 |
g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 3 没人激动?这可是蛮大的一个进展,会马上影响大家的生活。这个memorandum影响到
所有接受Medicare or Medicaid funding的医院,而这样的医院占大多数。不过下一任
总统也可以推翻这个memorandum, 如果他不怕顶着不人道的骂名的话。 |
k*********a 发帖数: 184 | 4 partner是指法律名义上的嘛?
【在 g********d 的大作中提到】 : 没人激动?这可是蛮大的一个进展,会马上影响大家的生活。这个memorandum影响到 : 所有接受Medicare or Medicaid funding的医院,而这样的医院占大多数。不过下一任 : 总统也可以推翻这个memorandum, 如果他不怕顶着不人道的骂名的话。
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g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 5 我的理解,不一定要是法律上的配偶。这儿有详细点的信息:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/us/politics\/16webhosp.html
Obama Widens Medical Rights for Same-Sex Partners
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: April 15, 2010
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday ordered his health secretary to
issue new rules aimed at granting hospital visiting rights to same-sex
partners.
Related
The White House announced the rule changes, which will also make it easier
for gay men and lesbians to make medical decisions on behalf of th
【在 k*********a 的大作中提到】 : partner是指法律名义上的嘛?
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g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 6 太惨了。
"Gay rights advocates said the rules change was inspired by one of those
cases involving a same-sex couple, Janice Langbehn and Lisa Pond, who were
profiled in The New York Times last year. After Ms. Pond was stricken with a
fatal brain aneurysm, Ms. Langbehn was denied visiting rights in 2007 by a
Florida hospital. Although Ms. Langbehn had power of attorney and she and Ms
. Pond were parents to four children they had adopted, the hospital refused
for eight hours to allow her and the child |
L*******e 发帖数: 2202 | 7 美国当地时间4月15日,美国总统奥巴马在签署的一份备忘录中要求联邦政府相关部门
制定政策,以允许同性恋伴侣享有对方因病入院时的医院探视权。奥巴马签署的文件指
示政府卫生和人事服务机构制定条例,明确规定任何接受联邦医疗保险资金的医院须允
许病人有权决定谁来探视,并禁止基于性倾向等在内的歧视。白宫当天公布的这份备忘
录说,原有规定只允许病人的亲属享有医院探视权,同性恋者在伴侣入院时不能陪伴他
们的爱人,其中有些同性伴侣可能在一起已有几十年,这类情况在全美各地每天都在发
生。基于新规定,美国的大多数医院都将属于新政策的覆盖范围。
zz 爱白 |
m******1 发帖数: 19713 | |
k*****e 发帖数: 22013 | 9 这个当然要激动了. 探视权是配偶很重要的一个权利。
看来婚姻内部的权利正在一点一点地获得,
说不定不久就会改革报税的制度了。
【在 g********d 的大作中提到】 : 没人激动?这可是蛮大的一个进展,会马上影响大家的生活。这个memorandum影响到 : 所有接受Medicare or Medicaid funding的医院,而这样的医院占大多数。不过下一任 : 总统也可以推翻这个memorandum, 如果他不怕顶着不人道的骂名的话。
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g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 10 Yes!
【在 k*****e 的大作中提到】 : 这个当然要激动了. 探视权是配偶很重要的一个权利。 : 看来婚姻内部的权利正在一点一点地获得, : 说不定不久就会改革报税的制度了。
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m******1 发帖数: 19713 | 11 一起报税是联邦法律给夫妻的一项特权,这事和探视权不一样,靠个行政令解决不了,
只能等DOMA
【在 k*****e 的大作中提到】 : 这个当然要激动了. 探视权是配偶很重要的一个权利。 : 看来婚姻内部的权利正在一点一点地获得, : 说不定不久就会改革报税的制度了。
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g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 12 http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-gay-couples-hospitals16-2010apr16,0,7453911.story
Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies at the conservative Family
Research Council, said his organization doesn't object to people conferring
a healthcare proxy or power of attorney on anyone they wish.
"But in its current political context, President Obama's memorandum clearly
constitutes pandering to a radical special interest group," he said. "The
memorandum undermines the definition o |