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Cities like New York also unofficially provide free healthcare via the emergency room to people who are too poor to pay the ridiculous sticker price.
by klipt 8y ago
Cities like New York also unofficially provide free healthcare via the emergency room to people who are too poor to pay the ridiculous sticker price.
- harimau777 8y agoWouldn't that only apply to emergency medicine? I don't think you can go to the emergency room for something like cancer treatment or physical therapy. However, I could be mistaken.
- svachalek 8y agoIf you leave anything untreated long enough, it becomes an emergency. Perfectly functional system here.
- monetus 8y agoPersonal anecdote: Was rushed to the ER after a seizure. They did give me a craniotomy, but only after a misdiagnosis... Which made things worse. A dye-injected MRI wasn't an option, being uninsured.
- syshum 8y agoNo the city government does not.... The cost for the "free" care people get that can not pay for Emergency room Care is paid for by the people that can pay This is why a Halls Cough Drop is $15 ea and other common things are 100x more expensive in a Hospital when billed to a insurance company. the City, the government, does not pay for this care nor is it paid for by the tax payers