Originally Posted by Hektore

2) I don't know how it varies from state to state, but in Pennsylvania a hospital cannot legally refuse to treat you even if they can prove you don't have resources to pay.

3) They probably are in the habit of giving low doses in the hospital to combat the ever invading drug abuses who are trying to scam new physicians for free drugs and scripts. It also possibly saved you some money.

1) As for all the doctors you got to see, almost all of them were probably still students. Though they may have been board certified, they're still a long way from being able to practice medicine on their own. The ones who were actually residents were double checking all their work because every time a student saw you it was basically a quiz for them. Of all the folks you got to see claiming to be a doctor, only one or two of them really were.

Source: College room-mate/grooms-man currently in his fourth year at U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.