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Originally posted by 12clicks
They are treated anyway.
You see, here in the US we pay to get the very best medical care on demand and those of us who can't afford it get it anyway.
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Yeah, right.
http://www.amsa.org/tnp/myths.cfm
"MYTH: Community hospitals and many doctors take care of everyone regardless of ability to pay.
FACT: Community hospitals and many doctors do provide some charity care; however, 15 percent of uninsured pregnant women are refused prenatal care when looking for a provider. Uninsured pregnant women are more than twice as likely not to receive the standard number of prenatal checkups before delivery. Uninsured hospital patients are 29 percent less likely to undergo coronary artery bypass surgery and 45 percent less likely to undergo a hip replacement. "