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<blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1648357" data-attributes="member: 438800"><p>Yes and no. In practice, if you turn up in an A&E in America with a life-threatening condition and no insurance, you will be treated (although they might shuffle you to a different hospital first). You will be deluged with bills later, but many people don't pay, since they cannot afford it!</p><p></p><p>You might be very surprised at the attitudes here. The first thing I did on arrival in America (the very day I arrived!) was pick up the phone and buy medical insurance. It was that important to me. But it is just not at the top of many people's list of priorities, partly because they don't seem to understand that they are only one major illness away from personal and financial disaster.</p><p></p><p>It is a different world here!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grateful, post: 1648357, member: 438800"] Yes and no. In practice, if you turn up in an A&E in America with a life-threatening condition and no insurance, you will be treated (although they might shuffle you to a different hospital first). You will be deluged with bills later, but many people don't pay, since they cannot afford it! You might be very surprised at the attitudes here. The first thing I did on arrival in America (the very day I arrived!) was pick up the phone and buy medical insurance. It was that important to me. But it is just not at the top of many people's list of priorities, partly because they don't seem to understand that they are only one major illness away from personal and financial disaster. It is a different world here! [/QUOTE]
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