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"Nobody is getting free chemo or radiation therapy, treatment for chronic illness or anything like" Sure you can. In the US, you cannot be denied chemo or othe
by missedthecue 4y ago
"Nobody is getting free chemo or radiation therapy, treatment for chronic illness or anything like"
Sure you can. In the US, you cannot be denied chemo or other treatments. You will be billed after the fact, and it's going to be a ton of money, but it's not as if they have security escort you out just because you don't have an insurance card. That simply doesn't happen. You'll get care, and if you don't qualify for aid programs or indigent care schemes (of which there are many), you'll probably file for bankruptcy and have the slate wiped clean.
By law, nonprofit hospitals must provide charity care to needy patients. 57% of US hospitals are non-profit. Only 24% are for-profit. (The rest are government run)
- fellowniusmonk 4y agoI've known many people denied care, myself included, I've been asked to pay up up front or we don't admit you. This includes treatment for brain tumors and infection. ERs can't deny life saving care, but that's the exception. Is this the conception people have of the US healthcare system? That everyone's taken care of so why are they complaining? Let me disabuse you of that notion.
- heavyset_go 4y ago> Sure you can. In the US, you cannot be denied chemo or other treatments. You will be billed after the fact, and it's going to be a ton of money, but it's not as if they have security escort you out just because you don't have an insurance card. That simply doesn't happen. This does, indeed, happen all of the time.