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"What would you do if you became sick or were in an accident and went to the hospital Emergency Room and they refused you service because you are uninsured? It's happening all over the United States even though a 1986 Act of Congress makes it illegal under the EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act). Yet, we send billions of dollars to foreign countries in aid, we are not taking care of our own.

Despite these statutes and penalties, hospitals have continued turning patients away. From 1996 to 2000, the watchdog organization Public Citizen confirmed violations from 527 hospitals in 46 states, as well as the District of Columbia . Of the 527 hospitals, 117 had violated the act more than once, and for-profit hospitals were significantly more likely to do so ."

There is tons more like this on the 'net but I don't want to beat a dead horse. As I mentioned, my dad was refused treatment until he could prove he could pay..they were snowbirds..and this was during an emergency ..

Ian.