Government not other health care users should pay for Government required indigent care
Government currently requires hospitals to provide emergency care regardless of a person's ability to pay. And I support this. Nobody wants an emergency facility asking for proof of insurance or ability to pay before they will provide you emergency care. But the care is not reimbursed so hospitals have to raise prices on other people who need their services. The problem with this, is that it unfairly burdens the ...more »
Government currently requires hospitals to provide emergency care regardless of a person's ability to pay. And I support this. Nobody wants an emergency facility asking for proof of insurance or ability to pay before they will provide you emergency care.
But the care is not reimbursed so hospitals have to raise prices on other people who need their services. The problem with this, is that it unfairly burdens the sick with the costs of the indigent. As long as government requires the care to be provided, it should be the Taxpayer who foots the bill if the recipient doesn't pay, not the other people who are sick.
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