what would happen if..

Discussion in 'Health & Fitness' started by chris4355, Sep 2, 2008.

  1. chris4355 Registered Senior Member

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    in America, someone with no family, no friends, no money, no health care was terminally ill at a hospital and had no means of paying the bills for his last 30 days of his life.

    will he get kicked out?
     
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  3. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    He could be. If he could get around on his own, then yes.
    If he was desperately ill and needed to be in a hospital, they still could, but they would have to move him to another hospital. A gvmt hospital, not a private one.
     
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  5. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    Rule of thumb:

    If he can walk or roll, he can walk or roll out the door.
     
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  7. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    As far as I know, for terminal patients who cannot afford it, hospices in the US provide services free of charge.
     
  8. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    Yes.
    There are some privately funded, not for profit hospices.
     
  9. Norsefire Salam Shalom Salom Registered Senior Member

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    Healthcare should be free
     
  10. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    Wow!

    I agree with you!

    I feel like buying you a beer.
     
  11. chris4355 Registered Senior Member

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    no thanks, i dont wanna pay other peoples medical bills because they smoke, never excersize, and eat fast food everyday.
     
  12. chris4355 Registered Senior Member

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    i guess thats good, i always thought they would kick them out.
     
  13. CutsieMarie89 Zen Registered Senior Member

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    They would fund your medical bills as well. And just because you never exercise and eat fast food everyday doesn't automatically make you unhealthy. That was my freshman year of college.

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  14. superstring01 Moderator

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    Healthcare is never free. Don't be foolish. Somebody always pays.

    ~String
     
  15. krokah Registered Senior Member

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    A person is never turned away from a hospital because of their inability to pay. Of course they do have to be ill and not just needing a place to stay. In the US, it is against the law to turn them away if they are ill. In California, we have a system that helps the hospital pay for the indigent patients bill. Its called the Medically Indigent Adult system, or MIA. Hospitals absorb an awful lot of cost for care given to the poor or homeless. I have been in midmanagement for a few years and we have an obligation to provide services to those who cannot afford it. The horror stories of hospitals going after people for payment usually means that those people have not followed through after discharge with all the required paperwork to the county and state.
     
  16. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    Please correct me if I am wrong, but as I understand it, simply being "ill" is not enough.
    If a person does not have any immediately life threatening injury, they can be turned away and told to go to another institution, as far as I am aware.
     

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