Denying Health Care to the Poor?

I came across this BBC article. Do articles like this ever appear in US media?

Quote:

Four US paramedics accused of racially profiling and failing to provide medical care to a dying woman face a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday. [...] [Her mother] told US media. "They kept asking her over and over, 'Do you want to go to the hospital? Do you want to go to the hospital?' She kept begging and telling them yes." But instead of the ambulance, Ms Black said they placed her daughter in her car. "They never took blood pressure," said Mrs Black. "They never took her temperature. They never checked any of her vitals. "They were too busy or too caught up in convincing us that she couldn't afford it. "There was reference to, 'Didn't you just have a newborn baby? Do you really want to spend $600 to go three blocks?' [...] Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill acknowledged in a press conference on Monday that "we did in fact fail to provide good care to this woman". "My guys did a lot of things wrong here and we take responsibility," he said, acknowledging that the medics had failed to even check the woman's vital signs. He added that medics also falsified a report to claim they were unable to locate the patient. "If it's a culture of racism," he added, "that's something that needs to be fixed or for the sake of good care for our community."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45009078

Was it racism? Or just some guys trying to be helpful?

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