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It's important to understand the difference between "any medical care you want" and "any emergency medical care you need". Emergency is the key word there, and
by thaeli 10y ago
It's important to understand the difference between "any medical care you want" and "any emergency medical care you need". Emergency is the key word there, and it's generally applied in a fairly common sense way. (When it comes to payment things are far more screwed up in the US, but for "not denying care" it's pretty straightforward.)
- ensignavenger 10y agodjrogers said "hospital emergency room in the US has to provide you any needed medical care - full stop." That is what I was replying to in the immediate parent comment. As to your comment- even if the hospitals definition of emergency is generally 'common sense', it may differ from ones expectations. Further, it seems (I may be wrong) that emergency rooms are given a great deal of leeway especially in edge cases that may not be general, but probably occur more often than one might expect.