I'm insured through my job, and they have a $500 deductible for ambulance rides. I can uber to the hospital for 1/10th that price!
Sinistar
joined 8 months ago
It's a legitimate constitutional crisis, but I don't think any of the stake holders are willing to actually pull the trigger yet. I will say though that the longer this story goes on the worse it looks for Biden - imagine how much it would energize the blue maga people if he ordered the national guard to stand down and had the secret service drag Greg Abbot before congress in handcuffs for treason. It would be must-watch TV at the very least.
40K's numbers often have no sense of scale. Wars fought for decades over entire sectors of space will end up having less soldiers than just the Earth during World War 2.
It's not just "can this hospital take care of you" but "is this hospital 'in network' for you". If you've got full coverage but are unconscious and somebody takes you to the wrong place you might as well not have any insurance at all.