I would say so. Thank you for the question. Yes.
I would say this. The colleges and the medical profession need some clarity about things, and in my submissions I discuss the arc of the deteriorating patient. We need that direction. Physicians need to know they are on solid legal footing. Moreover, so too do the patients and their families. This is an incredibly stressful time for families and I think they deserve the comfort of knowing that this is proceeding in an orderly and clear way.
Federal legislation that addresses those areas that are still unclear, like the timing of the criteria, would be welcome, but leave to the profession of medicine the essentially medical things.