djrogers 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 paren

djrogers 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.