Since the medical profession chooses who lives and who dies based on ability to pay?

The medical community does not choose who lives or dies.

I work in a hospital, and even the uninsured get the best care. It is the people who choose to sue over everything who are causing big issues.

Docs and hospitals are forced to pay huge amounts of malpractice insurance and that cost is then passed down to patients.

Docs cant treat some patients the way they want due to malpractice concerns. This leaves some people not getting the best care, all because someone didn't get the treatment they felt they needed and decided to sue and cost the hospital large sums of money to defend themselves.

Hospitals aren;t allowed to deny service to anyone. Your information is wrong. If a hospital or doctor denied service to someone you know, you should report them.

I work in a US hospital. I went many years without insurance. I was never turned away. I had 2 surgeries where I had to pay out of pocket, and I was even awarded charity through the hospital because I was uninsured and very poor. I also dealt with many years of kidney stones while I was uninsured. I did not receive any government assistance.

I am sorry to hear of the troubles you have had, and I hope that you are able to get well soon and get the aches and pains taken care of. I don't know where you are from, but it sounds like a terrible place. There are many people who want to be in healthcare for the purpose of helping people, and not for profit.

I live in South Carolina.

The ones who are allowed to make the decisions based on the ability to pay are disciples of the almighty god, PROFIT, who is really the true god of America. If a business is not PROFITABLE, that is a bad thing and they have to do things like lay offs to become that way or the business cannot exist. A business's success or failure is determined by it's PROFITABILITY. Businesses (hospitals are a business) consider it a loss if their PROFITS are not as high as they wanted and they can't make a PROFIT if they treat people without money or insurance. Sad, so awfully sad, but true nonetheless.

I have to disagree with the people who are in the medical profession. There is a board of surgeons,doctors, cardiologists and other caregivers who meet in a room(shut door & NOBODY other then them are allowed in that meeting) where they decide you or your loved ones fate!!! I was turned down for medical treatment four times because I didn t have insurance. The last time one of the doctors was angry at the surgeons who refused to operate because I didn t have insurance. Then the final straw is when a WELL KNOWN HOSPITAL REFUSED TO HELP MY 57 year old brother because MEDICAID WOULDN T PAY FOR HIS CONTINUED LIFE SUPPORT AND THE HEART SURGERY HIS LIFE DEPENDED ON. SO THE HOSPITAL CALLED IN HOSPICE ,SENT HIM HOME(WITHOUT FEEDER TUBE,AN I.V. TO PUT FLUIDS INTO HIS BODY) AND HOSPICE JUST KEPT RAISING THE MORPHENE AMOUNT UNTIL HE DIED!!!!!!! HE WANTED TO LIVE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT CHANCE. INSTEAD BECAUSE SOMEONE OR THE MEDICAL ADVISORY TEAM PLAYED GOD AND TOOK HIS LIFE. WHY-- BECAUSE OF MONEY!!!!!!!!

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thank you independant101. thank you for defending the medical professionals and those who aspire to be.