<prompt> Human: I broke my arm this Sunday. Tuesday, after looking at my x-rays, I was told that I need surgery to put it back together. The procedure is called an ORIF of ulna and radial both bones in my forearm are broken. I am un-insured and have 500 in my checking so this is a problem. I broke my arm at my friends parents house; they have home owners insurance but I have no idea if their policy will pay for my treatment, Ill know for sure by tomorrow but even if it did I dont have time for the check to come in the mail I fell down their stairs while walking out of their house and broke my arm. The surgeon wants at least 1k upfront and will allow me to pay his other half of the bill via payments. I need to have plates and screws put in my arm which will cost between 1500-2500 I am really hoping the hospital will allow me to finance this. Anaesthesia will cost another 500. I did some hustling today and found a hospital that will let my use their facilities for free because I make under 18k yay!, but I still need to find a way to make the other pieces of my surgery happen for the surgeon, plates screws, and anaesthesia.I tried enrolling into obamacare last night, no go, and also tried medicaid, no good either. I live in Mississippi and so far the treatment Ive been recieving is barbaric imo. All these doctors do is charge me hundreds of dollars to tell me my arm is fucked and refer me to an orthopedic along with a prescription for some poison for the pain. No one wants to touch me it seems because Im poor; I feel like an animal. I went to college, I have a job, I need help within my means. I dont know anyone who has 4000 lying around, I dont know why everyone wants all their money upfront. Its easier to get signed up for a 40,000 car in Mississippi over a 5000 surgery it seems; I feel neglected and ignored and am very sad.I went to the bank today and applied for a personal loan but wont know anything until tomorrow. I cant apply for a car title loan because I still owe money on my car. I need ideas fellas to make my surgery happen ASAP, I am very worried about my arm healing incorrectly; the longer I wait the worse its going to get. Its been 5 days and my arm is still in a splint. My Dad wants me to lie and drive to Louisianna and say Im an immigrant or something in one of their hospitals to get treated. I think hes crazy. What can I do guys? I do not have the luxury to save money until I can afford my surgery, what I need is a miracle and some compassionate care. I am even considering driving to Jackson Mississippi to visit the medical school where some students can operate on my arm for a price set by my level of income. Im exploring all options here, I am so afraid that if I wait any longer I could lose functionality of my arm or be in pain the rest of my life.  <response>: Driving to another state and claiming to be an immigrant wont get you unlimited free healthcare, thats just a rumor spread by the anti immigrantanti Obamacare crowd. Anyone that walks into an emergency room gets emergency medical treatment, but they will bill you later and can turn away non emergency patients. Anyone in Federal custody must be provided basic medical care because they cannot go get it themselves, so inmates in prison and illegal immigrants in custody waiting to be deported do get basic medical care paid for by tax payers. So unless you actually get deported, the government isnt gonna fix your arm for free by claiming to be an immigrant.You best bet is the home owners policy. Your next best bet is to find someone willing to take payments and to negotiate the costs down. The reason it is easier to get a car loan then a loan for a medical procedure is that if you stop paying they can repossess the car but they cannot legally repossess body parts.I hope you get your arm fixed soon. And sign up for health insurance of some kind asap. We are coming up on open enrollment on the healthcare exchanges soon, it wont help you now but it will help you next time you get hurt. 