If you go to emergency, they cannot reject you for lack of insurance, or lack of money. Then, there is the Hippocratic Oath, one of the oldest binding documents in history. The doctors pledge to treat the patient to the best of their ability.
One wonders, then, if the pharmaceutical companies are breaking the rules when they charge $500 for such drugs as Eliquis and Entresto. If you cannot reject a patient for lack of insurance, nor for lack of money to pay for emergency services, how are you allowed to get away with charging $500 for a drug necessary to keep them alive? One situation is the same as the other: You turn someone away from emergency care due to lack of insurance or money, and you are breaking the law, and if you turn someone away from a life-saving drug for lack of insurance or money, you are also breaking the law.
And, the Hippocratic Oath, where you pledge to treat the patient to the best of your ability, and to provide whatever medical assistance you can, also requires you to make these drugs available to save their lives.
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