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As a foreigner, I can't understand why the U.S. has no public free healthcare for all. Its one of the basic rights and one of the first obligations of a governm
by soapdog 14y ago
As a foreigner, I can't understand why the U.S. has no public free healthcare for all. Its one of the basic rights and one of the first obligations of a government. All governments should provide free and public healthcare and education. Here in Brazil we have a pretty bad government and yet we have those. And if you're seriously injured and it is an emergency, you can go to any private hospital and they are forced by law to treat you and payment is decided later. Sometimes U.S. policies scares me...
- learc83 14y ago>And if you're seriously injured and it is an emergency, you can go to any private hospital and they are forced by law to treat you and payment is decided later. That works exactly the same in the U.S. You can't be denied emergency treatment.
- hasker 14y agoThe same is true of most if not all hospitals in the US to my understanding. They cannot turn away patients in the emergency room for ability to pay. Still, the hospital can try to bill excessive amounts. Also, this does not guarantee the highest level of care to everyone, but neither private insurance nor most nationalized healthcare programs provide this.