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Originally Posted by HOZ
There is something about these stories that simply don't add up.
In the USA if you go to any hospital, they HAVE TO TREAT you (as long as they have the facilities to do so), period. No general hospital, by law, can turn away a patient!
The problem comes when the payment is needed.
You have to pay!
Her problem, if I read correctly, stems from insurance. Now this women had a dying child and she waits for the insurance to come through? Hmmm....Stick the VISA card on the table and go into debt.
It is a Human Right!
Wikipedia
federal law ensures public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay.[36] However, hospitals can still attempt to collect the unpaid bills, often damaging the uninsured patient's credit. |
The lady in the interview said that the security guards in the first hospital she visited escorted her out as a security threat. Certainly, she was probably hysterical at hearing her medical insurance was not approved for treatment for her daughter at that hospital. Also... Well, there was that guy who cut off two fingers in an accident. When he arrived, the hospital gave him a choice of which finger to sow back on and he could only afford one of them since the other finger was going to cost him $60,000. To me, that is just sick and wrong.