HOSPITALS. ARE. ALREADY. REQUIRED. UNDER. LAW. TO. PROVIDE. LIFE. SAVING. EMERGENCY. CARE. REGARDLESS. OF. ABILITY. TO. PAY. OR. EVEN. CITIZENSHIP.
Stop acting like Americans have no access to emergency healthcare unless we socialize medicine.
IF. YOU. GO. AND. CAN’T. PAY. YOU’RE. STILL. THOUSANDS. IN. DEBT. THIS. IS. NOT. ACCESS.
This hospital in my city just threw out a homeless man
The hospital which took me in after I collapsed from the fist sized tumor over my heart, released me after refusing to diagnose it as cancer, which would have forced them to give me some kind of treatment. The doctor at the county hospital which took me in looked at their tests and said, “this is CLEARLY cancer, why didn’t they diagnose it? We can’t let you leave.”
Hospitals find ways when they want to, to avoid helping people when they want to.
“Oh that’s illegal, you should sue” “ with what money and how will I get the time and energy when I’m busy recovering from chemo?”
People who can’t afford treatment also can’t afford to protect their rights.
Absolutely this: “People who can’t afford treatment also can’t afford to protect their rights.”
It’s true that you can go to an emergency room and get treatment no matter if you can actually pay for it, this is exactly why medical bills are the number 1 cause of bankruptcy in america. It’s not that they won’t charge you for this care, it’s that they are ok when you declare bankruptcy to prove that you can’t pay for it, because they will get payed either way, either through taxes or higher insurance premiums. This is exactly why the United States pays a higher percentage of it’s GDP on healthcare than most other countries. Also because people aren’t able to afford preventive care so they just have to deal with it until it actually puts them in a hospital.
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