[econ_grad]

We cannot refuse service to the underinsured, but they have to pay back the money they owe. If they cannot, we should force them into labor. Sort of like indentured servitude.

[QQQQQ]

Something definitely needs to be done. Look at these numbers, and they will only grow, because people don't have an incentive to pay for insurance for themselves.

Perhaps indentured servitude would give them the needed incentive.

"Nationally more than $43 billion will be spent on charity care this year and $60 billion in 2010. "

http://www.mlive.com/news/statewide/index.ssf?/base/news-5/111823800037300.xml

[Dust in the Wind]

"the yearly premiums for a family with coverage through an employer will average $10,979 in 2005, said the report from consumer group Families USA."

If a family making $9hr (18K a year and plenty of them out there) is expected to pay 10K for premiums I'd like to know where the encograds really are. Do the math if you wonder why so many are uninsured. What is your definition of indentured servitude?

I'd sure like to get $900 an hour or more and expect my customers to pay full rate even if I made a mistake in my service to them. Between the tax man, insurance companies and hospitals there is not much room for anything else.