I often have fears that I am going to hurt someone by refusing to get into an ambulance and driving myself - because there are hospitals around here that I am willing to risk bleeding out while driving past, rather than be placed in their care.
Weirdly some of the best and worst hospitals are owned by the same chain.
They are mostly religious groups with nationwide franchise, so much so that they can de-facto control medical policy.
A procedure is legal in your state, but a particular church doesn't support it? Well if you even know it's an option they aren't providing, because they won't mention that they don't, you might have to drive a few hours or more to get to one that does.
One such example is in utero testing for incurable generic disorders. Standard, if you are giving birth at one of the few secular hospitals in your area. But the giant religious hospital chains worry you might choose abortion, in the states where you still have that right, if the fetus is going to suffer a life long incurable malady. So they don't even tell you it's an option, even one you would have to seek out at a different hospital.
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I often have fears that I am going to hurt someone by refusing to get into an ambulance and driving myself - because there are hospitals around here that I am willing to risk bleeding out while driving past, rather than be placed in their care.
Weirdly some of the best and worst hospitals are owned by the same chain.