Can Your Emergency Room Deny You Service??

Apparently they can.... even though they have a large sign in the waiting room that states that they cannot refuse services if you are unable to pay.

Sarah has a history of ovarian cysts (she has never been hospitalized but was diagnosed by a doctor a few years ago).... she has been experiencing pain in her abdomen off and on for a couple of months now and hurting for the last few days. She requested that I take her back to the ER (she's been twice in the last few months for the same pain)... and this time they refused to treat her unless she could give them $125. She is 20 years old and has no insurance and no job so she doesn't have $125. She informed them that refusing service is illegal... and that it states so on their own sign in the waiting room... but they still sent her packing.

I really think that she'll be ok for now... but what if she's not??? What if it is another cyst and it ruptures??? She's getting a friend to take her to a different ER tonight... hopefully they'll treat her.

This is the United States of America and we can't get medical treatment because we can't afford it???

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~