Surgery VS Ransom

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

If he was unable to pay in the US (retired, fairly low pension) would he still have received immediate treatment if he was on a cardio ward?

The answer is yes, we have medicad and medicare. It will cover those costs, at a loss to the hospital I will say, but it will cover them. The problem here for people not receiving care is not among the poor but among the working poor and lower middle class who are under insured. I still say the answer is not a system like you have in the US or in Canada. These issues are not simplistic. You can not simply take a place the size of the US and apply solutions that apply to a country or economy the size of the UK. There are soooo many differences.