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Hospitals and doctors don’t do this. It’s unethical to deny someone treatment because you’re not sure they can pay.
by dcow 3y ago
Hospitals and doctors don’t do this. It’s unethical to deny someone treatment because you’re not sure they can pay.
- repiret 3y agoEmergency rooms don’t do this. Non-emergency health providers of all sorts will deny you services if you have an outstanding balance.
- mike_d 3y agoI assume you live outside the United States. Healthcare here is... special.
- gensym 3y agoIt may be unethical, but it happens all the time. My father got cancer in 2020 and died earlier this year. During that time, I was continuously shocked at the delays in tests and treatments that he experienced because specialists wouldn't see him until he had approval from Medicare. Without those delays, I think there's a good chance that we'd be looking forward to another Christmas with him. (We live in the US if this anecdote didn't make it obvious).