Hoffman - End

I was drawn in when in Chapter 8, they referred to not accepting a patient as "dumping" them because of their type of insurance or any other reason that the doctor or hospital refused to treat them. I think this was a horrible term to use and a horrible action as well. I don't think doctors should have had the right to chose to not treat someone just because of their insurance, or lack of. Though, the doctors may have not felt as bad because they did transfer them to other hospitals, they should feel bad if the hospitals were not equipped to treat the patients when the original hospital could of, like the example of the woman who had meningitis and was transferred to a hospital with not CAT scan when the first doctor knew she needed one. I'm glad today that emergency rooms cannot deny anyone because everyone is still a human being and they deserve care whether they can afford it or not.