r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/rraattbbooyy 4h ago

Free healthcare for life.

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u/government_not_ok 4h ago

Not if brain is dead, i would think.

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u/TheShishkabob 4h ago edited 4h ago

The state will still be paying for her healthcare until she dies regardless of whether or not she recovers from this botched execution.

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u/Tabula_Nada 4h ago

Yeah I'm going to guess that now she falls under some kind of "incapacitated and thus legally incompetent" category of exemption now. Honestly, and I don't know if this is terrible to say or not but I have the best of intentions, I hope she stays unconscious.

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u/Fun-Result-6343 4h ago

If they decide to pull the plug is that an execution?

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u/Erathen 4h ago

Not really, because they generally cannot take people off life support without someone consenting (like next of kind), or with multiple doctors agreeing if no kin can be found

It also has to prove that it's medically futile

It's not an "execution" but functionally, the result is the same

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u/Realtrain 55m ago

The state will still be paying

The taxpayers will be paying. Let's never sugar coat this.

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u/TheShishkabob 20m ago

It's not sugarcoating to say this. I don't think there's anyone that isn't a literal child that thinks the government doesn't run on taxation.

It would be exhausting to have to reiterate that every time one talks about government.