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A kid without a nest egg that has an emergency, I'd let them "sink" (i.e. declare bankruptcy). They'd get all the care they needed in the ER and then be able to wash their hands of it. That may ruffle feathers, but let's face it, we've all been paying for that 'never turn anyone away' feature for our entire lives. If that unlikely thing happened, I wouldn't feel too bad that my kid collected on the other side of it.So you drop your daughter and she doesn't get insurance for whatever reason is then diagnosed with a serious chronic illness that demands lots of medical attention (not just emergency room visits). Do you help out or let your child sink on her own?
But if it wasn't an ER thing, I'd probably offer to pay for treatment outside of the US for them. If they didn't want to move or travel, then they'd need for it to get bad enough to go to the ER. That would be heartbreaking, and I'd probably cave-in before it came to that.