Firefighters let house burn down over $75

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mjk45 said:

BTW doesn't a similar thing happen in the USA in regards to sick people being refused ambulance care if they don't have insurance, or is that an urban myth.

That's a myth, kind of.  In case of an emergency, a hospital cannot refuse care:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMTALA

Now, for non emergency situations, it's a state by state thing but most states are similar to this:

http://www.lsnjlaw.org/english/healthcare/hospitals/hospitalcare/