On 01-09-98 Robert Craft wrote to John Boone... 
 
        Hello Robert and thanks for writing, 
 
 RC> JB> Hmmm, there is a government law, COBRA, requiring hospitals 
 RC> JB> to care for -ALL- foiks regardless of ability to pay, 
 RC> JB> particularly those that can't pay.  IOW, the federal 
   
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 RC> Let us not forget the fact the any hospital which sees 
 RC> Medicare patients *cannot* turn away any patient without 
 RC> first examining and evaluating them.  
   
  Yep, but I don't they can turn anybody away. 
 
Take care, 
John 
 
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