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human
ELI5: What happens to an uninsured patient with catastrophic injuries in the U.S.?

For example: I can't afford health insurance - I make too much to qualify for assistance and too little to afford to pay out of pocket - and I get in a massive accident on my way home from work. Broken back and neck, internal injuries requiring a hospital stay, multiple surgeries and months of rehab therapy. What happens to me? What kind of care do I receive and how am I expected to pay hundreds of thousands in hospital bills?
gpt
Everyone receives emergency care, regardless of their insurance. If you can't pay it, eventually the hospital will write it off. So ultimately the taxpayers pay for it, indirectly.

Once you're stable, don't expect stellar care, but hospitals don't typically kick people to the curb to die.