On 26-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

My old medical insurance provided that I could go to any hospital in the
world and get immediate treatment, including admission and surgery as
necessary, without any delay, without any permission from anybody, and it
would pay the bills.

This is guaranteed to be bull****. Exactly which hospital has so much
surplus capacity that it can provide any service on demand? Why has
the administration of that hospital not responded to high operating
costs to reduce surplus capacity? Any hospital that badly run should
not get any business.

Mike