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pangaia

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2. Must be the problem with for profit hospitals.

Reply to HughBeaumont (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 09:16 AM

Oct 2013

I have two very good and one good not-for-profit hospitals within 20 minutes and 45 minutes. This would never happen at any of these.

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Uninsured friend on FB had to go to ER, was rejected for a needed colonoscopy. [View all] HughBeaumont Oct 2013 OP

The ER will "take" everyone, but there are some procedures that are NOT SoCalDem Oct 2013 #1

I think he knows this, and there are people that can help him out . . . HughBeaumont Oct 2013 #8

Must be the problem with for profit hospitals. pangaia Oct 2013 #2

Sadly if he made it past the intake Nurse he will still get a bill Heather MC Oct 2013 #3

Emergency rooms are not a substitute for health insurance Gothmog Oct 2013 #4

Emergency rooms are only required to stabilize a patient, SheilaT Oct 2013 #5

He was advised to sign up for it. HughBeaumont Oct 2013 #9

I'm glad to hear he was given the right kind of advice and information SheilaT Oct 2013 #13

Putting the interests of profit ahead of patients is the root of the problem. Octafish Oct 2013 #6

The ER will only "take everyone" who is in immediate danger of dying. jeff47 Oct 2013 #7

Yet he falls into the medium of "a condition you cannot exactly sleep away". HughBeaumont Oct 2013 #10

Depending on the state - but it might have a program treestar Oct 2013 #11

That wouldn't be considered an emergency Spirochete Oct 2013 #12

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