Quote Originally Posted by morbidT View Post
The hospital isn't standing in their way of the transfer, though. It's the receiving facility that wants the tracheostomy and gastrostomy. The hospital is just stating the facts; the girl is deceased and it is inappropriate to continue life sustaining measures or perform any on someone who will not benefit from them because they are deceased. If the girl was in a coma or vegetative state it would be reasonable. It's unreasonable for the family to think any facility should do what they are requesting.

I'm not trying to change your mind or arguing your point, btw. I'm just responding as to the whys.
Plus, what competent medical person really wants to do a surgical procedure on a corpse?!

Even if the insurance appears to be covering her right now, I wouldn't be surprised if they appeal their own decision and reverse their coverage later. I was seeing my chiro happily for about a month, with pre-approval, and a 3rd party chiro pre-approval service that contracts with my insurance decided I didn't need to see my chiro for the amount of visits I already had...so now they are not covering half of them...after the fact. I can guarantee that my $50 a pop chiro is hurting the insurance much less than keeping a dead person on life support indefinitely, so I would not be surprised if the insurance just waits for this all to die down and THEN informs the family that they aren't paying anything past the day Jahi was declared brain dead.

I feel bad for the family and wish none of this had happened, but what if everyone who didn't want to accept that their loved one was dead decided to refuse to pull life support? Can you imagine how that would paralyze our medical system in the US? No one wants to lose someone they love, but if someone is dead then there is not much else to be done. At least they could have honored her life by donating her organs so that others could live. Of course we all know that ship sailed a long time ago.