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Trauma-san:
Alright, I was talking with Unstoppable force on the other thread, and here's yet ANOTHER misunderstood fact about america.

People like to complain that america doesn't have free health care... why is this?  What are you talking about?  America is the greatest country on earth, we don't need free health care.

Just kidding.  Maybe.

Anyways, has anyone heard of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which was put into effect in 1986? It basically states that no hospital that accepts Medicaid (virtually every u.s. hospital) can refuse to accept and treat patients, regardless of whether or not they can afford or pay for the service.  

I mentioned this, because my mom has been going to the hospital with my brothers and I since I was an infant, and has never paid a dime for anything besides prescriptions.  

She recently had colon surgery for colon cancer, the total bill was almost 200,000 dollars, and she didn't pay a penny.  The whole bill was written off, lol.  

People keep coming with these stories that their neighbors and family and stuff can't go to the doctor, YES YOU CAN.  I guess people just don't know about it.

The act states

"Any individual who comes to a hospital requesting an examination or treatment for a medical condition must receive an appropriate medical screening examination within the capability of the hospital's Emergency Department."

http://www.bipc.com/articles-a-e/emtala.htm

Check it out, it should eradicate yet another complaint about america.  If you get sick, go to the doctor for Christ's sake, nobody's going to make you pay thousands of dollars if you can't afford it.  

Peace~

M Dogg™:
Emergency treatment, I'll give you. I'm going to be honest, I never had to use it, so I don't know first hand. But in terms of medications, and other treatments, some people can't afford that, and medicare would proved. My grandmother cannot affort some of her medication that she needs. Her Medicare doesn't prove that anymore. Bush cut a lot of what was paid for, because now it is better to have choices. But my grandmother is a poor women who raised 5 girls on her own, and does not own her own house or anything. She needs some help paying for that stuff, and for my grandmother I would like to have her in better care. It's little stuff that gets over looked that is the most costly. Paying for monthly bills should not be a worry for a woman that has spend her life stuggling. I do believe this is the greatest nation, it's time to take it up some steps. We are privilage, lets allow others to feel it too.

Trauma-san:
If she needs the medicine, and can't afford it, that's an emergency, right?  She should take advantage of these laws and programs, there's really no excuse for not being able to afford these things.  Also, are you helping her buy them? Or are you going to let her die?  Of course not, you're going to help her, and you should, It's not MY place to help your grandma.  I'm mr. taxpayer.  I don't know your grandma.  I have my own grandma.  If my grandma, or my mom, that I mentioned doesn't get her prescriptions paid for, needs prescription money, guess what? I'm going to take care of it for her.  You should do the same for your grandma, and not ask me to do it for you, which is exactly what you just did when you suggest that government provide for this.  

Peace~

UnstoppableForce:
LOL... you were talking to Batman..... all I said was "very interesting info"....

Trauma-san:
Oh, sorry, lol.  

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