State, local and hospital policies may require more, especially if the hospitals are non-profit or established by charitable foundation trusts.
Writing off $7 million seems insignificant for a county hospital unless you are in a small county. That's what county hospitals are for.
Most for-profit hospitals don't admit people without insurance or the ability to pay.
Do you and your family go to the county hospital or a private hospital?
We have 5 hospitals in our area. 1 is county and all others are private. They all accept medi-cal and treat anyone according to the federal law.
The difference is the private hospitals receive a small amt of monies back for the treatment of illegals. The $7 mil the county hospital wrote off for the treatment of illegals was totally pd for by the taxpayers.
And why do you have to make everything so personal? It is none of your business where I and my family go for treatment.