“As I said, they didn’t treat me and only had a dr see me to relieve themselves of liability. No treatment = no money due.”
I don’t think the doctor was to relieve them of responsibility as much as to generate a bill; his “releasing” you doesn’t necessarily absolve him of anything (though it might work for the hospital itself).
I think that as angry as Americans are now, they will be even more so when they realize the permanence of our reduced “services” (especially here in the northeast); our taxes & tolls continue rising, while roads remain unrepaired and the rest of our infrastructure ages. Just as we’ve had successive generations of our permanent underclass, we also have successive generations of public employees completely unprepared for life in the private sector (or the unemployment line). Here in NJ we won’t be hiring cops, firemen, and teachers in any meaningful numbers for years to come, and those that prepared for those jobs have to look elsewhere, as that preparation/education leave them capable of doing little else for a living wage (in a high-cost part of the country where companies & American taxpayers are fleeing).
Life in San Diego County ain't all bad. Certainly living so close to the Mexican border isn't the best part of it. I'm actually surprised to hear the problems we have here are happening in states like NJ.
btw...I love Northern NJ. I have family in Vernon Twp. It's quite the contrast from what I have here in East San Diego County, aka, northern Tijuana. They have black bears traversing through their yards. We have ILLEGAL aliens.