What United States of America do you live in?

[...]interactions were evident among the hospital's patient population, who often presented with AIDS and tuberculosis co-infection, current drug use, such as crack cocaine or injection drug use, and with a mental health diagnosis. Concerns by public hospital administrators about uninsured people at public emergency departments was the subject of a 1990 Congressional hearing and Senator Donald W Riegle Jr, the Chair called for “universal access to affordable and high quality health care” in the USA. The inadequacies of mental health provision and the enduring impacts of racism also shaped some clinical encounters at the hospital. [...]we developed a trusting relationship and because of this trust, she saw me when she was having suicidal ideation and allowed me to have her re-evaluated in the ER.