Designate a person to make health care decisions and access medical records by creating a health care proxy.
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You want to make sure you have a will with clear instructions, a health care proxy, and appropriate life and disability insurances.
But having a living will and health care proxy is just the first step in having a proper financial and estate plan.
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The health care proxy is someone who is basically empowered to make these important medical decisions for you in the event of your incapacitation.
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Many families have a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order put on the patient record, and the health care proxy (usually a close relative) thinks that takes care of the problem.
You also want to appoint a health care proxy.
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As attention shifts beyond immediate needs, one of the next steps for surviving spouses should be updating their own estate-planning documents, including their will, power of attorney and health-care proxy.
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It competes with companies like Mattel and Hasbro, and revenue at big-box retailers like Wal-Mart and Target can serve as a proxy for its health.
Investors have looked at Starbucks as a proxy for the health of the Chinese consumers, as has been the case with other consumer-oriented companies like Nike and Yum!
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Then in early 2005, one of BioMarin's largest shareholders, health care-focused money management fund OrbiMed Advisors, launched a proxy battle in which it requested three new board members.
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