I was under the impression there were federal laws against this.

South Lawrence is the right answer.

I've been on the transplant list for a kidney and pancreas for 4 years now at MGH (Dialysis for 2) and this is just a horrendous idea. We aren't China.

It's Mass so it's a Democrat brainchild

It's still a terrible precedent to set- donating organ and tissue to get out of prison.

I’ve got flowers budding too but I’ll stand by my statement, winter isn’t over yet, you never know, it’s New England, we’ll get something before springtime.

When I took this photo in January of 2021, the ponds in my area (NE Mass) had ice-fishers all over them. Today? All open water.

Yep. For the past few years, February has felt more like March, and March more like April. I suspect after the 1st week or so, I can suspect days I can forget my jacket.

> It's not even February

In the last few years, February feels like March, and March is like April. I give the 1st week or so, before I can sometimes forget my jacket.

Exactly, nobody knows, I find it odd that OP is pointing fingers without knowing the full story

Basically over. I've got flowers sprouting in my front yard and tomorrow it's going to be almost 50. In just ~30 days it will be March

It's not. It's set to end in April and then Masshealth will be taking the next 12 months to make re-determinations for all 2.3 million Masshealth members.

> they were going to terminate my Mass Health coverage.

No, they weren't. The system has generated the same form renewals that generically say 'You must respond by this time in order to keep benefits', but Masshealth members received separate letters explaining the COVID protections.

> reinstituted prescription drug copays, etc.

There have always been Rx copays of $0, $1, or $3.65, depending on the medication. However, every Masshealth member receives a notice informing them of their monthly copay cap, which is dependent on their income.

Him having privacy rights for certain things doesn't mean he's "old enough to make all medical decisions." If he needs surgery you or his other parent will still need to consent. There are certain things specifically (like sexual health, mental health and substance use treatment) that adolescents are able to access without their parents' knowledge/consent.

It's not even February

Adolescents have certain privacy rights. All the patient portals I'm familiar with as a pediatric nurse block parents from being able to see their teenagers' medication lists in case they are on something like birth control that they don't want their parents to know if. This happens even in cases where the teenager is severely developmentally disabled and cognitively at the level of an infant.

From what I've read, she was in an intensive outpatient program 5 days/week. Why she was in an IOP vs. inpatient has not been explained. It could have been anything from there were no beds anywhere to insurance said she didn't meet the criteria for inpatient.

As far as where was "Child Family Services," someone has to file a report of abuse or neglect for them to investigate and open a case. They aren't aware of every child in the state whose parent is seeking help for a mental health diagnosis. If she wasn't expressing that she was going to hurt her children in the program she was attending, there would have been nothing worthy of filing on. Plus there was a second parent who was home with the children most of the time as well. Reportedly he went out to pick up dinner on Tuesday night when this happened.

When I saw the headline in the post that the baby had passed it really hit me hard, I couldn’t imagine the nightmare the father has gone through in the past few days and then the one speck of hope that he had is no longer there, I feel so bad for the father, I can’t imagine the pain that he is going through right now

I'm not sure donations to family/friends (that one may be inclined to make regardless of incarceration) are meant to be within the scope of the article. It seems focused on the being encouraged to give to strangers angle.

The answer is we have no idea what was going on with this family and won’t until the case goes to trial and we should avoid speculating on who is to blame until then.

Huh, learned something new today, thanks for the info!

The ultimate answer is that nobody ever truly knows what is going on inside another person's head.

Oh I absolutely wasn’t trying to minimize the ethical issues with this. I was just point out that, bare minimum, it seems like the person who wrote this bill has no idea about the actual requirements for organ donation. Like there are reasons why someone living in an environment high-risk for infections and communicable diseases would be a poor candidate for donation, everything else aside.

I really, truly cannot fathom how anyone can speculate on so many variables and have the audacity to place blame, particularly on the husband. All of this will be answered in due time if/when this goes to trial. In the meantime, please stop. There are real people who are living through this unthinkable tragedy. I hope you're never in a position to have to live with such uninformed, vitriolic public opinion after a life altering event. Have some empathy.

Winter’s not over yet bud

If you voted for that dude you need to come get your man. He's getting really close to harvesting prisoners...