“You get emergency medical care without having an id.”
Nobody will admit it, but if you don’t have insurance they will only do the very minimum — which may or may not have made a difference in this case, but I believe in an ounce of prevention. It is easy enough to make a copy of your insurance card and carry it with you, just in case.
I was delivered to the hospital unconsious, naked, and severely injured. The hospitals did a great job keeping me alive. They didn’t get my info until I was out of the coma.
That’s my real-world experience.
/johnny