Originally Posted By: jazzmammal

In migrant communities all over the country many have no health insurance so they go to ER's. The ER is their health insurance which is why btw when people like to say there are milliios of uninsured so they can't get care are full of crap. By federal law, anybody can go to an ER and get full medical care with no questions asked. .


You don’t have a very accurate understanding about what Federal Law requires for hospitals and emergency rooms. Hospitals are NOT required to provide FULL MEDICAL CARE to people without insurance. Hospitals and ERs are required to provide treatment for uninsured patients who present with life threatening conditions. If you show up with something not life threatening, you can be turned away. If you are treated, it isn’t free. The hospital can attempt to collect what they are owed.

The federal law on this is explained HERE.

Based on how the early cases have shown up, I would not expect a large number of cases in the migrant or low income groups until a bit later in the epidemic. The virus is currently being brought into the country by people with the financial means to travel overseas so the initial spread is going to be within their peer group.

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