Insurance Will Not Pay for Continued Private Hospitalization of a Mentally

Insurance will not pay for continued private hospitalization of a mentally ill patient. The family considers transferring the patient to a public hospital but expresses concern that the patient will not get any treatment if transferred. Select the nurse's most helpful reply.

A) "By law, treatment must be provided. Hospitalization without treatment violates patients' rights."
B) "All patients in public hospitals have the right to choose both a primary therapist and a primary nurse."
C) "You have a justifiable concern because the right to treatment extends only to provision of food, shelter, and safety."
D) "Much will depend on other patients, because the right to treatment for a psychotic patient takes precedence over the right to treatment of a patient who is stable."