I don’t trust him either, but would a hospital turn you away if you’re having a heart attack?
They are not supposed to. But it could happen. Worse what happens if it is a heart attack, stroke or vehicle accident, and you aren't able to buy insurance immediately? You would be liable for all expenses until you purchased it.
Buy law, a hospital can never turn you away.
A health care consultant MBA type told me only 3% of uninsured claims are actually paid off by the patient.
I’ll leave the moral judgement to the user.
No hospital can legally turn you away from their ER. Once you are stable sayonnara.
Even if it doesn't what kind of care do you think you'll get? All medical services will be choked by people who flood the system for everything.
The ER could be full. You could be waiting on a gurney in a hallway for hours. Even when you are seen, assuming no deadly damage has taken place yet, you will be stabilized and referred elsewhere, even if it is to the cardiac practice (a separate business)within the hospital. You will be triaged for the OR and all life support machinery. Your in hospital days will likely be 4-6 and there are incentives in place to not re-admit you for the same issue within a mandated time period.
You age, gender, general condition and ethnicity will be taken into account. If you do have a deductible, some institutions will demand the entire deductible up front immediately.
The hospital will be understaffed. You need a friend or family member with you for care, feeding and as observer/advocate.
It isn’t as simple as whether they admit you or not.
A national healthcare hospital would.