Next time you need ti go to the hospital, check your bill. There is a charge on it for indigent expenses. That is, you are paying extra to support someone who cannot afford healthcare.
It is already being done through the private sector and you are funding it. So there really is no reason to change something already being done,
Problem is, because peoples self esteem will be hurt by going to the emergency room for a cold, we need to give the government one sixth of the economy so people could feel better about themselves.
I haven’t been in a hospital for at least 15 years. But it is nice to know that they itemize the expense. It seems like a very honest way to tell the people what this government requirement is costing them. Much more honest than simply jacking up the price of every thing to cover the cost of providing care to freeloaders ($15 aspirins and the like)
But they are forced to do that by government regulations that say that any hospital that receives any government funding must provide life saving care regardless of ability to pay.
Personally I think hospitals should tell the government to take their money and go away but then I don’t run one. I have know idea how much money they get from the Fed.
But I have to believe that a hospital could provide services cheaper with out the government money and accompanying requirements