[syriacus]

Here's a sick thought. Eventually, they're going to run out of seniors because the baby boomers are a healthy lot. To keep the profit margin up, they can continue to operate because of really bad Florida Statutes.

Yes. They will try to refine the definition of a patient who is in need of Hospice care.

Not Dead Yet has pointed out in a brief that Greer has wrongly accepted the idea that the patient needs to reproduce her actions in order to prove she is not in a PVS. Florida Law and Federal law did not have that requirement.

This not only transgresses Florida's legal definition but also brings a new and ominous level of subjectivity into the process of determining "persistent vegetative state." The trial court's new standard would lead to inconsistent and overly broad determinations of what is or is not a "permanent vegetative state" and potentially subject thousands of people with severe cognitive disabilities to third-party enforcement of their "right" to die.

[floriduh voter]

J. Greer was or still is a marathon runner. Healthy people lack perspective on what it's like to live in an infirmed body. They base their opinion on how things appear from their life experience.

J. Greer has never given Terri the benefit of the doubt. He's too close for comfort to the Hospice of Suncoast. Unintentionally, we've uncovered enron type allegations against Hospice of Suncoast. The top tier at Hospice makes a nice living and non-profit and for profit Boards overlap. Follow the money.

Everyone, please use the numbers and email addresses at the beginning of this long thread and simply state that you support Terri and agree she should have a guardian ad litem appointed as per Governor Bush's suggestion.