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[Bauglir]

Probably no longer qualifies as an emergency, which means they can turn him away if he demonstrates no ability to pay (which is bullshit in my opinion, but that's private healthcare for you). Without insurance, he'll probably have to file for bankruptcy after getting the bill if he does get treatment* once it's combined with his court fees. I don't know how that interacts with existing court costs and stuff. If I know US politics, which I'm assuming are relevant here, there's a good chance the law won't count his court fees against his income in a given month because "criminals deserve whatever they get, and worse", probably disqualifying him for whatever monetary aid he might have been able to get, that wasn't already disqualified due to being a felon, so that's just going to make things worse.

In short, there's a good chance he's investigated what options are available, and they're shitty. I'm not trying to be discouraging, if you actually do have a strategy in mind, because I don't actually know your situation in detail. I'm more trying to rant about how shitty things are as a form of sympathizing.

*For instance, my visit back in January cost ~$1500, as I recall, which would have been crippling debt if I'd not had insurance, and that was basically for a bag of IV saline, a prescription for ondansetron, and more importantly 30 minutes of a doctor's time and an hour of a nurse's. I'd optimistically guess an order of magnitude higher for surgery and the hospital stay for recovery.

[Hanslanda]

@MaximumZero: You're right.  I just want it to stop hurting.

And I can talk to the judge about the court costs, versus my income, in regards to the whole charity/bankruptcy thing. I'm not sure how it will all work out, the judge is a reasonable guy, he would want to assist however possible.

Also, I'm not a felon as long as I complete Drug Court successfully. Which means don't use drugs. Which is really easy, because drugs are expensive.

Idk.

[Bauglir]

Ah, well it's more hopeful than I pessimistically thought, and I misunderstood some definitions anyway. Good luck! Max is right, nobody deserves to put up with that kind of pain.

[Hanslanda]

It isn't so bad most of the time. Thanks for the sympathy and support, I'm going to find out what I can do about it as soon as I can.

[Seriyu]

HUAGRHRHGHGAGAHGHGAGAHHHH

Seriously that is terrible. I'm not even that into animation in general anymore, but WHY 

[Scelly9]

HUAGRHRHGHGAGAHGHGAGAHHHH

Seriously that is terrible. I'm not even that into animation in general anymore, but WHY 

CN thinks that lots of views = good show. See: Fred Movie bombing.

[Euld]

Got approached by a panhandler today :/  He singled me out of a crowd and kept shouting "EXCUSE ME EXCUSE ME EXCUSE ME EXCUSE ME--" as I refused to make eye contact and walked away.  Spent the rest of the day cursing my white skin, tattered polo shirt I've had for years, and whatever else made him decide I have tons of money to burn throw away on a complete stranger.

edit: <_< >_>  pretty much expecting to get flamed for being annoyed at being mildly inconvenienced by the poor.

[Karlito]

It's not that he thought you had tons of money, just that he could coerce you to give him some. Maybe you have a nice face?

[Euld]

I guess I do have a nice face o_O  I'm a shy kinda person but I'm told I'm very friendly.  Honestly I'd try to help the poor (not necessarily with little donations or helping out at food drives, something more substantial and permanent) if my income weren't so low...

[Skyrunner]

Panhandlers aren't a good place to give your money, anyways. Usually a organization, trustful, is a better place.

[nenjin]

I have that face too, that makes people want to come up to talk to me. Random people too, not just panhandlers. I used to hate waiting at the bus stop. I think it has to do with the size and openness of one's eyes, like that somehow translates to being approachable to people who like to approach strangers. My theory, anyways.

[Hanslanda]

Generally people begging for money have something they've been sinking money into, such as drugs or alcohol. That is just a general assumption I make when I get approached by panhandlers. It helps fight off the natural sympathy I feel. Even then, I'm an addict too, so it's not a terribly great defense.

[penguinofhonor]

I facepalm every time someone refers to a party that has like twenty people in it as a "huge party". Maybe that's big for a high schooler.

[Hanslanda]

Bwahaha, if it isn't triple digits, its just a friendly get together.

[MaximumZero]

That all depends on how many people are having sex at the time. More than a handful in a particular group, and it gets really awkward.