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Why don't all rich people own luxury cars? Yet many do obviously because they're rich. And US has free, universal healthcare. Hospitals cannot turn anyone away
by blfr 8y ago
Why don't all rich people own luxury cars? Yet many do obviously because they're rich.
And US has free, universal healthcare. Hospitals cannot turn anyone away. Its financing is pretty nutty so there's definitely some path dependence.
- apocalypstyx 8y agoEmergency rooms are only required to treat immediate life-threatening conditions, that is, so long as someone is breathing enough and keeping enough blood inside to remain somewhat conscience as they're wheeled out or propped in the parking lot, they've fulfilled their obligation under the law. And then there is what exactly counts as an emergency. Things not categorized as emergencies: death from rattle snake bites, death by rabies (both very painfully). And all of that is only if it's actually enforced[1][2]. [1] https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/refusal-emergency-care-and-patient-dumping/2009-01 https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/refusal-emergen... [2] https://www.propublica.org/article/despite-federal-law-some-rural-hospitals-still-turn-away-women-in-labor https://www.propublica.org/article/despite-federal-law-some-...