Medicare??? Too beautiful to be true. :):):)
Yes, it's stupid and brutal for an ignoramus to understand. There is no contract or Medicare; patients have rights, and hospitals are required to take responsibility.
A couple of years ago, I was translating for a patient, a Pole with serious health problems, straight from the old country . No job or insurance, no Medicare.
The costs were enormous, approaching $100.000. As a translator, I witnessed payment negotiations. He was required to pay $15 a month no more.
Talk to him couple of years later, recovered, happy as a lark, complaining about the payment of $15 a month for the rest of his life