NEED IMEDIATE HELP!!!

My friend is only 33 and was in perfect health until one day he went to the hospital for what he thought was a simple cold. First he was told he had phneumonia then he was told it is congestive heart failure. He is in dier need of a pacemaker but has no health insurance and has been told he only has a few months to live without it! I need all possible information on how to go about getting immediate help! Do us ppl with no jobs, money or health insurance have any other options besides to die? Please im begging for some kind of information. We live in kerrville texas if that helps in anyway at all! Please help!!!

2 Comments

Ditto

by lb151 - 2008-11-05 04:11:04

A public funded hospital can not refuse care. Once there a social worker will be notified and then he can apply for Medicaid.

this is America

by Angelie - 2008-11-05 12:11:56

I thought in America most public hospitals have some kind of indigent program. I know they do in South Georgia. Until the health care system is fixed just about anyone gets treated and they worry about money later. I have never heard of such a thing in all my life.
Talk to someone in financial aid at the hospital. Call the local health department, or social services department. It seems like he should be able to get some kind of help, even if he has to pay it back over a matter of time. There should be a way that he can get the treatment that he needs. I've just never heard of such nonsense going on in the states.
Keep us informed. Please. Good luck to you, and I'll be praying for your friend.

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