In my state, back in the end of October, you may recall the freak snow storm we had that took out the power to the whole state of CT for a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, I had a somewhat minor, but scary, medical emergency, that would have normally only required a doc office visit. When they were called, the answering service didn’t even work. No walk-in-clinics were open. My only recourse was to have someone drive me to an ER. The ER was open, on emergency power, albeit lightly staffed; one doc, one nurse. I got seen, as was in and out in only 20 mins. Problem solved.
What was very disconcerting...my medical co-pay went from $15.00 to $100. b/c of the crazy circumstances.
My rambling point is, that if our power grid goes down, no one’s medical histories will be available, and we will be f’ed. Unless your particular doctor’s office has a generator, I doubt if you will be seen.
If the U.S. grid goes down for any serious length of time, America will be instantly transported to the mid nineteenth century. Your medical history will be whatever you remember to tell the local sawbones about it.