John Q (2002): The Hypocritical Oath

The clip The Hypocritical Oath from John Q (2002)

What I don't understand is why they never found it, the doctors.
My son has had clean checkups every year since the day he was born.
How could the doctors not pick it up?
He might not have been tested enough.
Why not?
You got an HMO, right?
There's your answer.
HMOs pay their doctors not to test. It's their way of keeping costs down.
Say Mike did need additional testing and insurance says they won't cover them.
The doctor keeps his mouth shut, and come Christmas, the HMO sends the doctor a fat-ass bonus cheque.
Is that true?
Possible. Not likely, but possible.
These doctors may have known what was wrong with my son, and they could have treated him all along?
Who knows? I don't know.
Don't take this personal, Doc.
You're a bunch of crooks.
You don't know what you're talking about.
What about that thing you take?
The thing?
That promise.
It's called the Hippocratic Oath.
More like the hypocritical oath.
How's it go, Doc?
"I solemnly swear to take care of the sick and damn-near-dying, unless they ain't got major medical."
Something like that?
You've got it perfectly.
It's funny, but it's not far from the truth. This shit happens all the time.
Paramedics bring in some accident victim.
When the boys in Accounting find out they can't pay, they send them packing.
Hospitals can't turn people away.
Isn't there laws against that?
There's also ways around those laws. We have to stabilise them.
After that, we're off the hook.
That's not how it works.
That's exactly how it works.
Maybe not on the fifth floor, but in here if you don't have money, you get a Band-Aid, a foot in the ass, and you're out the door.
Enough already. I've heard all the bitching and moaning I can stand for one day.
If you all want to regard me as some kind of blood-sucking vampire, great.
I'll be the bad guy. But who's holding the fucking gun?

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