:01:01
"I solemnly swear to take care
of the sick and damn-near-dying,
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unless they ain't got major medical."
:01:06
- Something like that?
- You've got it perfectly.
:01:09
It's funny, but it's not far from the truth.
This shit happens all the time.
:01:13
Paramedics bring in
some accident victim.
:01:15
When the boys in Accounting find out
they can't pay, they send them packing.
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- Hospitals can't turn people away.
- Isn't there laws against that?
:01:21
There's also ways around those laws.
We have to stabilise them.
:01:25
After that, we're off the hook.
:01:27
- That's not how it works.
- That's exactly how it works.
:01:30
Maybe not on the fifth floor,
but in here if you don't have money,
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you get a Band-Aid, a foot in the ass,
and you're out the door.
:01:36
Enough already. I've heard all the bitching
and moaning I can stand for one day.
:01:40
If you all want to regard me as some kind
of blood-sucking vampire, great.
:01:44
I'll be the bad guy.
But who's holding the fucking gun?
:01:56
Sir? Lieutenant!
:02:03
This is Frank Grimes.
You pick up the phone, you get me.
:02:09
- What can I do for you?
- What's going on with the list?
:02:13
- I'm working on it, but I need time.
- Time I don't have.
:02:17
- Let's talk about the hostages.
- What do you want to know?
:02:21
- What's going on? How are they?
- They're fine. They're full.
:02:25
We're eating candy bars
and discussing HMOs, waiting for you.
:02:29
- I want you to let some of them go.
- For what?
:02:32
I do for you, you do for me.
Show some good faith.
:02:34
A lot of nervous people out here.
:02:36
Make everybody breathe a lot easier
if we saw some happy faces.
:02:40
I'll do for you when you start doing for me.
I want my kid's name on that list.
:02:44
- I'm not kidding around here.
- Good faith.
:02:47
- Good faith only takes you so far...
- What's that?
:02:50
...merit system. So far,
you haven't earned any points.
:02:53
Excuse me.
I need to talk to you.
:02:55
This woman is six centimetres dilated.
The baby is breeched.
:02:58
I've medicated her, but we have to
move her up to Maternity immediately.