Emergency rooms will give you life-saving care regardless of your medical insurance status.
I work for a charity hospital, we give out an obscene amount of free care
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The US actually has the greatest hospitals in the world, the only problem is insurance.
Don't call a doctor if your life is in danger. When you did call them, they assumed that your life wasn't in danger and scheduled you like they would any outpatient.