Concerned American, I cannot speak for where YOU live, but here in Texas NO ONE is turned away from a hospital. Ambulances come straight across the border from Mexico and dump off people--and we don;t turn them away either.
Hospitals in the US are prohibited from deny critical care to whomsoever needs it. The fact that they are arriving in an ambulance leads me to believe that this is emergency care.
Did you know that the leading cause of personal bankruptcies in the US is hospital bills? They won't turn you away but by God they will follow you up for payment.
I too have intimate knowlledge of our health care system and I will take IT any day over what passed for health care in France over the last 3 weeks.
Same here. But the French case was compounded by unseasonal weather conditions and lack of air conditioning systems.
And yes, the grass is greener in Dallas. Because we water it. We also cool the patients in the summer and keep them warm in the winter.
I have been to Dallas several times, but was irked by the fact that I had to travel to the next county just to get a bottle of wine. I do love San Antonio ;)
I'm from Minnesota.
Regards,
CA