Medical Power of Attorney (Healthcare Proxy)

When you can't speak, this document speaks for you. Name the person you trust with your life — literally — before someone else makes that call.

Every day in hospitals across this country, medical teams face patients who cannot communicate — and family members who cannot agree. Without a Medical Power of Attorney, your doctors are left trying to honor the wishes of whoever speaks loudest in the room. That might be the person you would have chosen. It might not be. In cases of genuine disagreement, hospitals turn to ethics committees, and families turn to courts. Relationships fracture. Decisions get made by people who don't know your values, your faith, your fears, or your wishes. A Medical Power of Attorney closes that gap. It puts one trusted person in charge, and it gives them the legal authority to speak on your behalf when you no longer can.

WHAT IT IS

A Medical Power of Attorney is a legal document that designates a Healthcare Agent — a person you choose — to make medical decisions on your behalf when you are unable to make or communicate them yourself. This includes decisions about treatment options, surgeries, medications, care facilities, and the full range of healthcare choices that may arise during a medical crisis or period of incapacity. Unlike a Living Will, which states your specific wishes for end-of-life scenarios, the Medical POA names a trusted person to navigate decisions in real time — guided by what they know about you, and constrained by the instructions you leave in the document.

If you can’t communicate, who speaks for you? Without a proxy, the wrong person may step in—or doctors may make decisions that don’t reflect your values.

👉🏾 Pick your voice now—so your family never has to fight for it later.

WHO THIS IS FOR

This document is for you if:

• You have strong opinions about your medical care and want them honored — not overridden by a room full of people who disagree
• You are a caregiver for a parent or loved one and want to understand this document so you can help them complete their own
• You've seen a family torn apart trying to make a medical decision for someone who left no instructions — and you won't do that to yours
• You're in a non-traditional family structure — unmarried partnership, chosen family, estranged biological relatives — and the person you'd want making decisions for you has no automatic legal standing to do so
• You simply believe in making your own choices, including this one

HOW IT WORKS

1. Purchase & Download — Your template and Completion Guide arrive instantly.
2. Choose Your Healthcare Agent — The person you trust most with your life and values. The guide walks you through this decision and the naming of an Alternate Agent.
3. Define the Boundaries — Specify any limitations or special instructions for your Agent. The guide covers what's enforceable and how to document your wishes clearly.
4. Sign & Witness — Your guide outlines the exact witnessing and notarization requirements to make your document valid in your state.

THE STAKES

Without a Medical Power of Attorney, hospitals default to next-of-kin hierarchy — a legal pecking order that may have nothing to do with who you would have chosen. A sibling you haven't spoken to in years may outrank a partner you've built a life with. A parent whose values differ fundamentally from yours may be the one deciding your treatment. And in cases of family conflict, the decision can end up in front of a judge — while you're in a hospital bed.

This isn't a distant possibility. It happens to families every day. A single document, completed in an afternoon, eliminates the possibility entirely.

ADD-ONS — COMPLETE YOUR HEALTHCARE PROTECTION

The Medical POA names who decides. These documents tell them what to decide — and protect everything else.

• Living Will (Advance Medical Directive) States your specific wishes for end-of-life care so your Agent — and your doctors — know exactly what you want. Works hand-in-hand with this document. $77
• Durable Power of Attorney (Financial) Names who manages your finances during incapacity. The Medical POA's essential partner. $107
• Legacy Instructions Sheet The complete "Day One" guide for your family — contacts, accounts, wishes, all organized. $37

👉🏾 [Add these documents before checkout]

⬆️ THE SMARTER MOVE

The Medical POA and Living Will are designed to work together — and both are included in the Legacy Essentials Bundle.

For $547, you get this document plus a Revocable Living Trust, Pour-Over Will, Durable Financial POA, Living Will, and Guardianship Designation. Your complete legal foundation, all at once.

[View the Legacy Essentials Bundle — $547 →]