To: StoneColdGOP
And just when the hell did health care become a "right"?1986, I think. That's when congress passed the the law forcing emergency rooms to accept all patients.
18 posted on
05/18/2004 3:37:10 PM PDT by
snopercod
(Freedom can be preserved only if it is treated as a supreme principle which must not be sacrificed)
To: snopercod
1986, I think. That's when congress passed the the law forcing emergency rooms to accept all patients.I believe that's only for things on the order of life- and limb-threatening emergencies. Back when I was in school, I used to work in an ER and the medical staff turned away people who belonged in a clinic, regardless of their citizenship status and insurance coverage. They do NOT have to accept people who come in to an ER for varicose veins, circumcisions, bunions, etc.
28 posted on
05/18/2004 3:43:54 PM PDT by
NYC GOP Chick
("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
To: snopercod
1986, I think. That's when congress passed the the law forcing emergency rooms to accept all patients. Same as the '86 Reagan amnesty. A duo of REALLY bad ideas.
41 posted on
05/18/2004 3:59:49 PM PDT by
StoneColdGOP
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