Many Americans may not fully grasp how these funding cuts will affect them, partly because Medicaid programs operate under different names across states. The consequences, however, will be felt nationwide and are staggering in scope.
Compassion & Choices is promoting increased awareness and use among emergency medicine professionals of patients’ advance directives, POLST forms and living wills.
Essential Conversations, an initiative from Compassion & Choices in partnership with the American Society on Aging, equips professionals with the tools they need to have these discussions.
At Compassion & Choices, we firmly believe that preparation is more than just a practical step; it is an empowering act of self-determination.
Compassion & Choices partners with The Contemplative Doula to offer resources to community educators
A free resource for both ordained and lay faith leaders to bring thoughtful programming around end-of-life topics to their congregations.
For more than 30 years, Compassion & Choices has worked to ensure that people can make informed decisions about the kind of healthcare they want as they approach the end of life. That includes end-of-life options like medical aid in dying, a medical practice for qualified adults dying from a terminal illness.
Today, those choices face growing legal and political threats.
Living in sunny Naples, Florida, Janina Birtolo had a rewarding life and career as a writer, journalist, and actor. But in her 60s, she was diagnosed with advanced emphysema—a progressive lung condition—and developed symptoms so severe that she became depressed. Janina’s health deteriorated to the point where she rarely left her home. Managing her symptoms…
In a recent decision that could have far-reaching consequences for people facing serious illness, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the rights of Medicaid enrollees to challenge harmful restrictions on their healthcare options. The case, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, centered on whether individuals have the ability to enforce the Medicaid Act’s “free-choice-of-provider” provision…
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