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Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn? by yamtaddle on Monday December 19, 2022 @12:41PM (#34054966)
> Hmmmm. I mean, yes, but doctors will still save your life even if you declined to buy any insurance all life long or pay taxes or whatever.

ERs in the US are required to provide stabilizing care to patients who come in, even if the patient can't pay, by law. It's a law because otherwise some of them wouldn't.

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Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn? by bryanlarsen on Monday December 19, 2022 @12:56PM (#34055195)
It's also a Reagan law. So you can say that it was Reagan that introduced universal healthcare to the US.
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Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn? by yamtaddle on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:00PM (#34055260)
Eh, kinda, but it's not like you can walk into an ER with just any condition and get treated for free. You've got to be having pretty serious problems before they're required to do anything about it, and even then they're not required to fully treat you, just get you stable.
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Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn? by Kkoala on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:21PM (#34055578)
Imagine thinking that mandatory stabilizing emergency care means "universal healthcare"

I hope that was a joke

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Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn? by superpatosainz on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:25PM (#34055616)
That's not what universal healthcare means.
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