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Healthcare Power
of Attorney
This names the person who makes medical decisions for you when you can’t. Without one, a hospital turns to whoever state law puts first, and that may not be who you’d pick. Name your agent, set what they can decide, and sign it to your state’s rules.
This builder prepares a draft, not legal advice. Legal effect depends on signing a document that meets your state’s current requirements. The official source for your state is linked inside the tool.
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Which document is which
Your person, your instructions, your money. Each is its own document, and MORTL builds all three free.
Healthcare power of attorney
Your person. Names who makes medical decisions when you can’t. That’s this builder.
Living will
Your instructions. The treatments you want and don’t want, so your agent isn’t guessing.
Build it freeFinancial power of attorney
Your money. Names who pays bills and manages accounts when you can’t. A separate document.
Build it freeMany states combine the healthcare power of attorney and the living will in one form. The Advance Directive Hub shows your state’s and links its official source.
Common questions
- What’s the difference between a healthcare power of attorney and a living will?
- A living will records the treatments you want and don’t want. A healthcare power of attorney names the person who decides when you can’t, including every situation your living will doesn’t cover. Most people need both, and many states combine them in one advance directive form. MORTL builds each one free.
- Is a healthcare power of attorney the same as a healthcare proxy?
- They do the same job. States use different names for it: healthcare proxy, medical power of attorney, healthcare agent, or patient advocate. The name on your state’s official form is the one hospitals there will recognize.
- Who should I name as my agent?
- Someone who will follow your wishes when they disagree with them, can be reached fast, and can stand up to doctors and family under pressure. It doesn’t have to be your spouse or your oldest child. Most states bar your treating doctor and the staff of your care facility from serving.
- Is a healthcare power of attorney different from a financial power of attorney?
- Yes. A healthcare power of attorney covers medical decisions only. A durable financial power of attorney covers money and property. They can name the same person or different people, and MORTL has a separate builder for the financial one.
- Can I change or cancel it?
- Yes, any time you can communicate your decisions. Sign a new one, destroy the old copies, and tell your old agent, your new agent, and your doctor. The newest properly signed document is the one that counts.