Subj : Re: OT Military To : All From : Kavanagh Date : Tue Jan 14 2003 11:52 pm People call 911 in many cities, ambulance arrives, caller or accomplice taken downtown to the hospital. They jump out and run. Cheaper than a cab. Happened several hundred times in Atlanta in 2002, probably once or twice in other places. >From a message by <> about Re: OT Military: > I have only ever been to hospitals to visit sick people (alot of sick people there btw) .. Oh well .. Emergency services are like emergency's tho .. so they shouldnt be refused .. IF it's not an emergency then the hospital should turn them away .. I think it cost like 2bn a year? ... not a lot I dont think ----- Original Message ----- From: "mirkath" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 12:47 AM Subject: [twgsdotorg] Re: OT Military > > At 05:20 PM 1/14/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >How do they cost? > >They are in the US to make an honest buck > >They get 0 medical, 0 goverment benefits (yea lets talk > > > Your ignorance of reality is showing.... ask people from California about > the 0 medical and 0 government benefits. Also when was the last time you > were in a hospital? Have you seen the little notice about not refusing > emergency medical service even if a person can not pay for it? Or if you > are in Louisiana, the services provided by the Mercy hospital system which > is heavily subsidized by the state. Any way you cut it, those services > drive up costs for those of us that do pay, either for medical services out > of pocket, or insurances premiums, or for taxpayers in general. > > I am making no stand as to whether it is good or bad that they are here, > just that your broad brush generalization is in error. > > > > Mark > --- FEddy 1.4.03/modPHX * Origin: http://www.twgs.org -- THE Trade Wars web forum! (1:229/522.0) .