as well as others from individuals or groups with different viewpoints on advance health care decisions which you may wish to review before completing your own advance directive. Below is contact information for the accredited vendor in your State who will arrange for your advance directive to be confidentially kept online, where it can be seen by doctors who are treating you so they are made aware of your wishes. You can also give permission to certain other people, like family members or friends, you want to be able to get a copy of your advance directive. If a disagreement about your treatment develops, depending on your State’s law certain other people may also be allowed to see it. This vendor can also help you create an advance directive online or with paper documents, if you wish. Online directives allow you to change or cancel one that no longer fits with your wishes in a more timely manner. [INSERT, name and contact information for currently accredited advance directive vendor (and, on the clearinghouse website, hyperlinks to their website).] Although any adult who is capable of doing so can use these resources to complete an advance directive at any time, Medicare beneficiaries are particularly encouraged to do so when enrolling in Medicare or during the annual enrollment period when you can choose among different Medicare health insurance alternatives. In addition, some Medicare Advantage plans or supplemental insurance plans may offer a financial incentive or other additional benefits for creating an advance directive online. By completing an advance directive you can not only make it more likely that your wishes about health care will be known if you are unable to tell them at the time, but also spare family, friends, and doctors the difficulty of trying to figure out what you would have wanted. These are matters of the highest importance that can affect life-or-death decisions, as well as your future comfort and well-being. You are encouraged to think about them carefully, and give serious