• Patches@ttrpg.network
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      They are legally required to stabilize you. That is to say, they they will not heal you, they’will not cure you. They get you stable enough to get you the fuck out of the door.

      If you have cancer. They will not do shit.

      If you have a broken bone. They will straighten it, if they can, no cast, and kick you r the fuck out. You will still have a broken bone, and you will still need surgery to heal it.

      Been bounced before with broken bones. It sucked.

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      17 hours ago

      Yes they will treat you. But they will harass the shit out of you. I couldn’t properly identify myself or another victim after a critical accident and the other person almost lost their arm. I was failing all the other questions too (date, president, etc) but they wouldn’t stop asking like clockwork. It took hours to get an MRI and xray. I had two broken vertebrae in my upper back and severely concussed. They just kept giving the other passenger blood transfusions but refused to operate. They finally did a temp surgery on their arm but didn’t do a full surgery until after they were identified and it was confirmed they were well insured (union). It was a mess. Hospital and medical insurance took their entire settlement as payment for that shitty service too. We were struck by a drunk driver. Oh, and we both had stellar insurance (different unions but good insurance) and neither ambulance would take it. 5k for mine and I think theirs was more. And again, the whole settlement went to the insurance to pay the hospitals for that stellar bedside manner of letting me suffer for hours confused af and them almost die and lose their arm. Second surgeon was not happy. The other guy also was checked in as a John Doe at another hospital and they lost all of their teeth and most of their lower jaw. Also horrible delayed service. They care more about figuring out who you are so they know you’re “in network” than treating you.

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      18 hours ago

      theyre only required by law to stabilize you. youre not getting ‘cured’.

      if you lose a finger for example, they don’t have to put it back on… only prevent you from bleeding out.

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        41 minutes ago

        Stabilize for anyone unfamiliar is

        Probably not going to die in the next 24 hours from easily identifiable injuries.

        Because then they can become liable.

        You can be very unhealthy with multiple broken bones, cancer, be dying softly and still be “stable”.

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      18 hours ago

      These days they’ll assume you’re mexican and deport you to sri lanka, untreated ofcourse