Same in NYC, if you have no coverage and you are willing to stand in line to the ER,doctors will see you and treat you and give you all tests you need and if you say you have no money or insurance for medications they will give them to you from the hospital pharmacy, the only down side is that each time you see a different doctor. Also NY state ADAP is supposed to ask for prove that you are a resident but they are really relax about it. Also NYC has a program called guest of NYC, people from all around the world gets here for very expensive procedure like transplants and the city
pays for it. I have seen it on the news many times, but I don't know what the requirements are. mark B ============================================================== medical care -- we don't HAVE free medical care. There are emergency rooms, but they are unable to provide health and medical care that are relevant to dealing with HIV or other serious chronic diseases. We already have some 40 million CITIZENS without access to health and medical care. That lack of health insurance and access to care is the core dilemma. People from the developing world are much better off if they can get to an EU country, where they can get real medical care at little or no cost. The US is not a desirable destination in that regard." You are mistaken. There are thousands of non-citizens and illegal aliens getting free health care in Miami/Dade County alone. One more perverse issue with our health care system is that the burden of caring for non-citizens falls disproportionately certain jurisdictions. Not only certain states, but specific counties and the property owners who pay sales taxes to cover local county hospital short falls. While it might be better to get to Europe, for many, it's much harder to get there. JB |
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