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To: Road Walker who wrote (196090)	7/28/2004 9:02:51 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575535

>> Where are these free hospitals? Nearly every county in the nation sees patients regardless of their ability to pay. They aren't "free", in that if you can afford it you have to pay (which sort of makes sense, you know?). But they turn nobody away. Consider Parkland Hospital in Dallas. It sees THOUSANDS of destitute patients on a monthly basis, some as outpatients or in the ER, but a substantial number as inpatients. In addition, there are hundreds of charity hospitals around the country. Again, they all require payment from those who can afford it. But the Sisters of Mercy run one in the county I live in and they TURN NO PATIENT AWAY. A patient who needs 94 days of inpatient care who can't afford it will receive that care. In addition, almost every county has county medical facilities that will provide physician or APN services for minor sicknesses, immunizations, and the like. The argument that we need some socialized medicine program is borne of ignorance and, frankly, liberal lies which the uninformed (that's you) soak up like a sponge.