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Powers of attorney and health care
Two short documents decide who speaks for you if you're ill. Everyone over eighteen should have them.
Two documents, two jobs
A covers money and paperwork. An covers medical decisions.
Why it matters
Without them, your family may need a court conservatorship to pay your bills or talk to your doctors, which takes months.
What's included
Both documents, signed and notarized, with copies for the people you name.
- A talk about who should serve, and a backup
- Your health care wishes in your own words
- Wallet card for your health care agent
Plain-language glossary
durable power of attorney
Names someone to handle your money and paperwork if you can't. 'Durable' means it keeps working if you become ill.
Plain-language glossary
advance health care directive
Names who speaks to your doctors if you can't, and records what care you do and don't want.