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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
And didn't USA refuse a English tourist to leave until the bill had been paid, when there Insurance company wouldn't foot the bill.
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No. They didn't, they don't and they cannot. This is the 21st century, people don't go to jail in either the USA or here for not paying private debts.
Do you seriously think a
private hospital in the USA could take a British citizen's passport away for not paying a medical bill? Really?
Whether you like it or not neither we or they have any right to imprison people for not paying medical bills. We have laws, some of which are built on implementing international laws, and taking away people's passports and detaining them for not paying bills is well out of order as far as said rule of law goes.