Poetic Justice wrote:
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote

Sounds like Phoenix, Arizona! (Only here,
we get billed for the privilege,

and they won't even treat you if you don't
have insurance.)

Would you please name those Phoenix hospitals that are violating the
federal law?

It requires hospitals to provide care to
anyone needing emergency healthcare
treatment regardless of citizenship, legal
status or ability to pay. There are no
reimbursement provisions.

That may be the LAW, but Arizona doesn't seem to consider itself subject
to federal law, except when it feels like it. Also, are you sure that
includes private for profit hospitals? (I've read of more than one
occasion when the "emergency" patient was sent elsewhere.)

Except for a couple of bright spots like the Mayo Clinic (which ceased
accepting Medicare patients a few years ago) the quality of medical care
here leaves a lot to be desired, too. (But of course it is only
Americans who are unaware that the quality of medical care in the U.S.
ranks somewhere near the bottom, among industrialized nations.)