What happens if a foreigner goes to a US hospital?


What happens if a foreigner goes to a US hospital? If your condition is not (or becomes no longer) life threatening, a US doctor or hospital will not treat you without providing financial responsibility assurances beforehand (insurance or payment methods). If you have a life threatening condition, the ER will stabilize you and then will send you home.


What happens if a tourist goes to the hospital?

What happens when a tourist in America needs hospitalisation and neither he nor he has money nor insurance? You will likely be treated at a hospital and then receive a bill for the medical services they received. In the United States, medical treatment is not free, even for those who cannot afford it.