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weaksaucetoday at 8:11 PM1 replyview on HN

it wasn't much more than 50 years ago before being able to go to the ER to be saved in an emergency in the us was a right without having to show proof of payment/insurance.

a lot of what we take for granted are very recent things.


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ViktorRaytoday at 9:44 PM

Also the American Board of Medical Specialties didn’t officially approve Emergency Medicine as its own speciality until 1979. Emergency Medicine is a fairly new speciality. Many people are surprised by this but it’s true.