[LM_Guy]

In Texas - at the Major Hospital in big cities the ER is about 90% full of Latinos or other minorties. Just go and visit one to see for yourself.

Basicaly it is the Free Health Care System of the USA for anyone without insurance. Even if not treated to due non-emergency conditions, all hospitals are atleast required to evaluate anyone who comes in.....

[Dead Corpse]

Been there. Done that. My darling wife was doing her aerobics in our living room and heard something go "pop" in her ankle followed by a bunch of pain. Took her in to North Austin/St. David's just in case she had torn a ligament instead of just the muscle.

Waited three hours. Most common language heard wasn't English.

Luckily, it wasn't anything that serious but the Doc assurd us that coming in to the ER after hours to get it checked was in fact the right thing to do. Our insurance covered the bill easily.