:21:02
We've already checked
with your carrier, Mr Archibald.
:21:05
There are no provisions in your policy
for a procedure of this magnitude.
:21:09
That's a mistake.
Not that you're making a mistake.
:21:12
I'm just saying that I'm insured.
My son's covered.
:21:17
Mrs Archibald,
do you have coverage?
:21:19
No. I've only been working
at the supermarket a couple months.
:21:21
- You don't get benefits until...
- Doesn't matter. We got insurance.
:21:28
I can see here
that you don't own your home.
:21:31
You have no stocks,
no bonds, no investments.
:21:33
- You have a little over $1,000 in savings.
- But we got insurance.
:21:37
That may very well be. You're going to
have to check with your carrier.
:21:40
In the meantime, we're going to
have to treat this as a cash account.
:21:43
- What?
- How much does a transplant cost?
:21:45
Wait a minute.
How much does it cost?
:21:49
Transplant surgery,
doctors' fees, postoperative care,
:21:52
immunosuppressant drugs...
you're looking at a minimum of $250,000.
:21:56
If you opt for transplant surgery,
that is your choice,
:22:00
but the hospital maintains a very
strict policy with regard to cash patients.
:22:05
We require down payment before we put
a patient's name on a receivers' list.
:22:09
- How much?
- What kind of down payment?
:22:12
30%... $75,000.
:22:15
$75,000...
:22:19
- To put my son's name on a list.
- Our son is upstairs dying.
:22:22
- All you can do is talk about money?
- It costs money to provide health care.
:22:27
It's expensive for you,
it's expensive for us.
:22:30
You're going to
have to guarantee payment
:22:32
before I can put
your son's name on the list.
:22:37
Mr and Mrs Archibald,
please wait!
:22:41
If you people don't want to treat our son,
we'll take him over to County Memorial.
:22:45
- You don't want to do that.
- They have to treat him.
:22:47
Heart transplantation is
always considered an elective procedure.
:22:51
- You're in the right place.
- What are we supposed to do?
:22:55
Talk to your insurance company again.
:22:57
Check with our human resources
department for medical assistance.
:22:59
There's money. There's Children's
State Services and Medicaid.