Actually, there is one for urgent care. If someone stabbed her with a knife, any hospital would need to take her regardless of whether her insurance was willing to pay. (Afterward, she would be forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs or perhaps give up all possessions and declare bankruptcy, but at that point at least she's alive.)
But she'd not in need of emergency care: she has months to live, not hours. And in the US there is ABSOLUTELY NO PROTECTION for this. Really. It is unbelievable but true, and changing it is politically impossible.
Possible solution: she should get a friend to stab her with a knife, fairly close to the site of the metal object. Then the hospital is required to offer treatment and they can remove the object while they're at it. Do the stabbing inside the emergency room of the hospital to increase her chance of surviving.
You probably think I'm kidding about the stabbing. I might be... I HOPE I'm kidding.
Actually, there is one for urgent care. If someone stabbed her with a knife, any hospital would need to take her regardless of whether her insurance was willing to pay. (Afterward, she would be forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs or perhaps give up all possessions and declare bankruptcy, but at that point at least she's alive.)
But she'd not in need of emergency care: she has months to live, not hours. And in the US there is ABSOLUTELY NO PROTECTION for this. Really. It is unbelievable but true, and changing it is politically impossible.
Possible solution: she should get a friend to stab her with a knife, fairly close to the site of the metal object. Then the hospital is required to offer treatment and they can remove the object while they're at it. Do the stabbing inside the emergency room of the hospital to increase her chance of surviving.
You probably think I'm kidding about the stabbing. I might be... I HOPE I'm kidding.