Will hospitals save a life if the person has no money or insurance?
February 4th, 2009 | by Rick |
Dustin C asked:
I know these days money matters so if you are dying and you have no money or insurance will any hospitals help? If you take a dying dog into a vet will they help with no money or way of paying? Does only money get you help?
DOUG
I know these days money matters so if you are dying and you have no money or insurance will any hospitals help? If you take a dying dog into a vet will they help with no money or way of paying? Does only money get you help?
DOUG
13 Responses to “Will hospitals save a life if the person has no money or insurance?”
By HAL on Feb 5, 2009 | Reply
JOSH
By law. they are suppose to
By JEREMIAH on Feb 5, 2009 | Reply
TERENCE
no all emergancy rooms and required to save you even if you have no money or health insurance… so dont worry
By WILFREDO on Feb 6, 2009 | Reply
NOE
John Q
By LEE on Feb 7, 2009 | Reply
ERNESTO
No hospital will let you die for lack of funds.
By ERIC on Feb 7, 2009 | Reply
ANDREA
A person must be treated in any emergency room even if he or she has no insurance, that is the law! As for pets, nope, no law there. sorry.
By ALI on Feb 9, 2009 | Reply
VICENTE
The hospital, by law, has to provide life saving medical treatment regardless of the patients inability to pay. However, once they are stable their obligation ends.
As far as Vets, most will do payment plans or financing, but there is no obligation to help you if you cant pay. There are a few publically subsidized hospitals that will to some degree, but a lot of times they will only cover the euthanasia.
By SAUL on Feb 10, 2009 | Reply
REGGIE
The hospital has to help you . . . but if afterwards you are unable to pay then they can have you arrested, cuz they did provide the service.
By AMOS on Feb 11, 2009 | Reply
CARL
Of course they will, if they can.
Hospitals, both public and private, do a lot of free work for people who cannot pay.
I don’t know about veterinarians… I suspect most would.
By JAN on Feb 13, 2009 | Reply
HIRAM
if you’re dying then a hospital has to try to save your life
as for a pet, sorry, but they will not do anything if you can’t pay.
By JOEL on Feb 15, 2009 | Reply
VALENTIN
By law
An ER HAS to take you in reguardless of your income, past medical bills etc.
But
If you are going in to have a surgery, some may deny you
There is a thing called sliding scale, if you’re low income it can reduce the amount that you have to pay.
Most hospitals will operate reguardless of it
Please keep in mind I am referring to scheduled operations
Emergency operations don’t apply, they’re given if you can pay for them or not.
By GREG on Feb 15, 2009 | Reply
THEODORE
Here’s the law on this- In a medical emergency, the hospital will get you stabilized -the law requires this- and then will put you out on the street, if they had to give you room ,board, and care until you were cured, there would be no need for national health care would it?
By JERROD on Feb 15, 2009 | Reply
TRACEY
They are obligated to under the Hypo-critic Oath Doctors take before they are allowed to practice medicine.
However, the truth is, that most hospitals will only stabilize you, and let you go to die at home or on the street. If you are poor how can you sue them? Dead poor people don’t have a voice
By MARSHALL on Feb 19, 2009 | Reply
KELVIN
the hospital will help you—doctors take an oath so ethically & legally–they have to help. now your vet—that’s totally up to them