Hospitals can end life support; Decision hinges on patient's ability to pay, prognosis

I'd have preferred to link directly to the Houston Chronical's website for this but the link is dead at the moment. Since full credit is given here, I'll settle for this.

The issues in this case have, in my opinion, far greater implications than do those in the Schiavo case which really boils down to a disagreement between the family members. This has to do with a hospital being able to decide on futility and act on it in the absence of the ability of the patient (or his/her family) to pay for care.

Hospitals can end life support; Decision hinges on patient's ability to pay, prognosis