What do both of you do with people who won’t pay anything—real freeloaders?
Do you allow tiers of private coverage on top of the public coverage?
“Do you allow tiers of private coverage on top of the public coverage?”
One would be perfectly free to buy the $50,000 to $1 million top-up coverage already recommended by someone here.
“What do both of you do with people who won’t pay anything—real freeloaders?”
My personal preference would be to repeal the EMTALA, but that isn’t going to happen with our RINOs.
Perhaps their housing voucher, food stamp, EIC, etc. amounts could be debited to pay their share of future premiums after an unpaid hospital visit.
Hospitals like to get the deductible paid before arranging for the pain doctor to see the patient.
Medicaid and Medicare both exist. The question is not what to do with the poor or the elderly; that is (more or less) decided. The question is what would be sufficient for everyone else. If the public mandate is for catastrophic coverage, anything beyond that is a choice.
If someone who chooses no additional coverage wants birth control pills, they can pay for them or not get them. If someone with no additional coverage wants any other non-covered elective drug or procedure, the same answer applies. Private coverage should be allowed, just as all other private contracts are allowed.