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Old 03-24-2010, 06:41 PM
 
Location: Blankity-blank!
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Emergency Room Treatment Is Unconstitutional!
Any uninsured person with a severe health problem can go to an ER and receive treatment, because that is the law. Why? There is nothing in The Constitution that says the medical facility has to treat that person. Isn't this government interference? Telling the ER personnel that they have to treat that person? Why can't medical facilities demand proof of payment before any treatment? Without it, the sick person is denied entry. They would be in their Constitutional rights. What could be more American than that?
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:44 PM
 
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Damn government. Enslaving me with assurance of life-saving medial treatment. Those clever bastards.
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:46 PM
 
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It might have something to do with there were no emergencyromms when written. I do thing they should have to bring a pig with them if they don't have money or insurance to pay for their treatmeant.
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:46 PM
 
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Oh Jaysus H. Seriously.
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:47 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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The day you end up in the Emergency Room on the brink of death, let's see what your opinion of Health Care is then. Until then, this thread is garbage.
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:50 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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ERs don't have to treat you unless your life is in serious danger or you're a woman in active labor.
They just have to stabilize you and then you are kicked to the curb.

Check out the book: Amazon.com: Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis---and the People Who Pay the Price (9780060580469): Jonathan Cohn: Books

There are plenty of ERs out there that won't take a look at you until you pay down something or provide proof of insurance.
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:55 PM
 
Location: The Woods
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Most of them accept federal funding in some form.
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Old 03-24-2010, 07:45 PM
 
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Most of them accept federal funding in some form.
That funding comes from your taxes!
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Old 03-24-2010, 07:48 PM
 
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Damn government. Enslaving me with assurance of life-saving medial treatment. Those clever bastards.
The government wants to keep you alive so they can keep stealing your money and giving to people who don't work...
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Old 03-24-2010, 08:13 PM
 
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Suddenly, all the extreme right-wing idiots are silent...
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