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Obama Orders Hospitals To Allow Gay Couples Visitation Rights
Posted by Sozo

April 15, 2010

President Obama signed an order Thursday night requiring hospitals to allow gays and lesbians to have non-family visitors and to grant their partners medical power of attorney.

The President ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to prohibit discrimination in hospital visitation. The memo is scheduled to be made public Friday morning, according to an administration official and another source familiar with the White House decision.

An official said the new rule will affect any hospital that receives Medicare or Medicaid funding

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Posted on Apr 15, 2010 8:35pm, by Pastor Weekly

Amen!

Posted on Apr 15, 2010 9:02pm, by Sozo

Progress

Posted on Apr 16, 2010 10:44pm, by Sammiejoe

A step in the right direction!

Posted on Apr 17, 2010 1:03am, by wac14

We are seeing more changes for the positive in gay rights in the last 2 years and in the last decade. This is more progress. I can not imagine that people could even refer to themselves as humans, when they are denying people their deathbed dignity. This is a great change and a victory for common sense.

Posted on Jul 4, 2010 12:31am, by rcgirl

We are so very glad.

This is a step in the right direction!

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