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A few years ago I went to the emergency room with severe pains in my lower abdomen, with no insurance. They assumed it was kidney stones since the symptoms were exactly the same. They gave me lots of drugs for the pain and kept me in the ER while trying to arrange transfer to a charity hospital. A few hours later I "crashed". Not sure what that means. I was out of it. It's just what they told me. Turns out my appendix had ruptured. They nixed the transfer and brought me straight to surgery. I spent about 10 days in an induced coma in intensive care, and had to have another surgery. Two months later I was released.
They never charged me a dime.
Just because you hear a few horror stories about bad medical care, that doesn't mean it's some kind of national policy. As someone stated above, if you're in immediate danger they are required to treat you.
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