cannot turn anyone away *from the emergency room.* Which goes a long long way towards explaining how it is possible that I sat in the ER waiting room for fourteen hours with a pulmonary embolism before I was seen. The net effect is a lot of preventable ER visits, which make overwhelm the ER and make it harder to get to the really sick.
>As for not deriving any benefit. Any hospital that takes federal money >cannot turn anybody away. I know at the UK Med Center they treat >hundreds of illegal immigrants a week, maybe even a day. Some even come >for regular appointments. They don't pay, and they can't be turned away >in the future. > > >bogus >> Social Security account. In fact, if this is true, a devil's advocate >> might suggest that they are in fact subsidizing our ailing Social >Security >> system. >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201585 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
