Originally Posted By: siberia37
Originally Posted By: wfaulk
Originally Posted By: canuckInOR
I took her to the nearest hospital (which, incidentally had only one person sitting in the waiting room), and was told that they didn't accept her insurance, and she'd have to go somewhere else.

If that was the emergency room, I'm pretty sure that was blatantly illegal.

They probably didn't say she "had to" go somewhere else they probably said "she should".

It was a few years ago, so my memory is a bit fuzzy, but that's probably correct. Either way, it was a rankling experience.