In the US, what happens if you sustain a life threatening injury and you don't have insurance?

https://lemmy.world/post/3527769

In the US, what happens if you sustain a life threatening injury and you don't have insurance? - Lemmy.world

Assuming nobody else is at fault

They’ll fix everyone at the ER.

But you get a ridiculous bill, then likely “settle” for a much lower amount of if you’re truly pennyless, you just never pay it and eventually the hospital gives up and uses it as a tax write off.

It’s a shit system

I’ve been telling people that the notion that the ER lets poor people die in the US is false; instead, they make you wish you did.