Futile Care Law

In 1999, a governor of a Western state signed into law a provision that states in part,
that if a patient's family could no longer afford medical care, and the case was truly hopeless, the hospital has the right to end treatment, even if it was against the family's wishes.

It's chapter 166 of the Texas Health and Safety code, and it was signed by none other than governor George W. Bush.

If Terry Schiavo was a resident of Texas instead of Florida, her treatment would have ended years ago. In fact, there was a case just recently where a poor black family had their child 'killed by the state' because they could no longer afford his care.

It's truly mind boggling to contemplate the hypocrisy in play here. Because Terry Schiavo is photogenic and white, she gets all the press. Just who is paying for 15+ years of 'futile care' anyway? I suspect larger forces are at work.