We've all heard it.
"No one goes untreated in the United States if they're sick. Everyone can get healthcare..."
In this second of a five part series by the Charlotte Observer, their team of investigative reporters explains how, despite some hospitals receiving generous tax breaks, they come up woefully short in terms of assisting the poorest members of the community they operate in.
Yes, if you're sick enough, you can be seen in an emergency room in the US, but no preventative care, no maintenance care, etc. will be found there. So, this "safety net" only activates once a person is sick enough to warrant emergency level care.
We wait until its an emergency to do something.
We wait until its an emergency to do something.
In what other area of our lives do we use the existence of an emergency as the correct time to act? In what area do we instruct our children to wait, wait, wait until things are so far out of control, an emergency exists? I can't think of any.
Plus, for this low income population, this is the only place in the industrialized (civilized) world where society permits people's lives to be destroyed because of an inability to pay.
USA! USA! USA!
Best health care system in the world, my ass...
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Despite tax breaks, some NC hospitals deny care to poor - Prognosis: Profits - NewsObserver.com:
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