more people should learn that there are two forms of consent hospitals need to charge you. one is medical consent. the other is financial consent. if they don't have both, they can't charge you legally. in an emergency, they must treat you even if they don't have financial consent so long as you give medical consent. they try and trick people to sign on the dotted line by saying medical and financial consent are the same thing. that is a lie, they are not the same.  they will lie to your face and deny that is what they are doing, do not comply with their request for financial consent.  if you want treatment, make clear that you give them medical consent but withold financial consent. again, they are legally obliged to render aid in an emergency regardless of whether or not you agree to pay them.
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