This thread is so asinine that I am ashamed of myself for posting.
Ralph, do you really think that an emergency room is going to refuse a
critically ill, unconscious person? You believe that because you don't
have your Medicare card in your pocket they will allow you to lay in
the floor unconscious and refuse service?
Absolutely...Especially financially strapped hospitals. Ask any lawyer.
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