Living Wills and Health Care Proxies

Not interested in having the government decide what's right for your health care while you're unconscious?

Didn't think so.

In most states, you can make a Living Will. In Massachusetts, such documents are apparently not valid -- but instead, we have the Health Care Proxy, which is actually slightly better: it lets you designate exactly *who* may make those choices for you.

This is a good time to look up the procedure in your state -- go on, Google for it -- and take care of it. Today. You might get run over by a bus, right?

Residents of Massachusetts can go to the URL above to download a PDF of the state form. Print it, fill it out, make a few copies. You could put a note in your wallet stating "My health care proxy is Foo Bar, 617 555 1212, Boston, MA" just in case, too.

Living Wills and Health Care Proxies

Not interested in having the government decide what's right for your health care while you're unconscious?

Didn't think so.

In most states, you can make a Living Will. In Massachusetts, such documents are apparently not valid -- but instead, we have the Health Care Proxy, which is actually slightly better: it lets you designate exactly *who* may make those choices for you.

This is a good time to look up the procedure in your state -- go on, Google for it -- and take care of it. Today. You might get run over by a bus, right?

Residents of Massachusetts can go to the URL above to download a PDF of the state form. Print it, fill it out, make a few copies. You could put a note in your wallet stating "My health care proxy is Foo Bar, 617 555 1212, Boston, MA" just in case, too.