Imagine being a healthcare professional in a country without universal healthcare and working in the emergency department

and having someone in a diabetic coma and be like "Did he give us the $100 for a sugar cube yet?"

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They don't do that here in the US. ERs will take anyone, regardless of ability to pay because they are not allowed to refuse people.

MethDozer · M

HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F

@quitwhendone people in the comments say they charge you afterwards so...

@HannibalAteMeOut They send a bill but they know you don't have money so they don't usually try to force payment.

MethDozer · M

@HannibalAteMeOut Right, but they don't refuse you such treatment as the wording implies.

HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F

@MethDozer of course it was an hyperbole but I still find it extreme