The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #115958   Message #2486555
Posted By: artbrooks
06-Nov-08 - 10:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: I thought this figure deserved notice
Subject: RE: BS: I thought this figure deserved notice
Carol, any individual can go into any of the ERs at any of the hospitals in Albuquerque, or any other city in which I have lived, get treated for a bad cold, a cut finger, or something more serious, and walk out again. Sure, they get billed, if they leave a real address. There are no consequences to not paying that bill. Here, they are steered to the University of New Mexico Medical Center, and I get billed on my real estate tax to pay for that service. We just voted to extend that mil levy. As I said, the level of care provided is much lower than what a person gets from a family doctor.