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Originally Posted by Rileyoriley

Are you usually asked if you are gay or straight when you go visit someone in the hospital????

No, but under increased patient privacy laws, it has become more and more difficult for non-blood relations, non-spouse to be at a seriously ill person's bedside.

Under Obama's directive, those designated, including people with powers of attorney and health care proxies, are to have visitation privileges equal to immediate family members.

The above is seriously good stuff. A person's same-sex partner may have the health care proxie, but not be allowed to be at bedside because they are not "immediate family" (if the patient isn't conscious, etc)