It’s one of those weird things where freedom actually works against you.
See, in the USA, I literally do not have a “right” to FORCE a business to do business with me. EVER. I literally don’t. No matter how much I want the thing, or need the thing, I DON’T have the right as an individual to FORCE them into the social contract.
Now, this works great if, say, the customer is a Karen and they’re DEMANDING I honor the very obviously typo’d price where someone slapped “$.400” on this box of ice cream, instead of “$4.00” - I can tell them to get stuffed (albeit politely if I want to keep my job) and the courts will back me up. Caveat Emptor states there has to be INTENTIONALLY misleading pricing. Every other box says 4 bucks, not 40 cents. Get lost, lady.
Furthermore, hospitals that are gov’t funded HAVE to treat you if you come to them with a problem. That, IS a law. They HAVE to treat you.
However, that doesn’t mean they have to HELP you. If you’re uninsured and/or they think you’re a druggie or a criminal or you’re having a, shall we say, “birthing crisis” - they don’t HAVE to actually fix your problem. They can diagnose you with cramps and give you aspirin. There, they treated you, now here’s the door.
IF you have the resources and/or time and/or capability to fight them in court, MAYBE you could win a lawsuit (assuming you survive your medical crisis they didn’t treat). But, if you have that kind of clout already, you’re probably not randomly dying while uninsured on their doorstep. You know what I mean? Similar issues with discrimination - yes, it’s illegal (and RIGHTFULLY SO!) if someone refuses to serve a black man at a restaurant “just because he’s black (or just because he’s a man)” but you have to PROVE that. They could just simply refuse to serve you, and give you any answer they like, and then it’s on YOU to show THEY broke the law.
It’s a very weird thing. Definitely more complicated than it needs to be.