Sure it does. If he goes to the emergency room, he'll get treated for free, causing your healthcare costs to go up. If he gets a contageous disease, he might spread it to you.
But that doesn't pan out when you consider that many people who DON't have health insurance simply spend LESS on health care, not more.
Yeah, but the difference is, when they don't have health insurance, they're spending your money. When they have health insurance, they're spending their own.
Those who are covered by health plans (especially those covered by employers) will go to the doctor waaay more, studies show.
Yeah, but it's not on your dime.
If a non-covered person gets sick and dies, it in fact costs society less than if they were covered by Medicaid or Medicare, or whichever.
What if they have kids or dependents? A breadwinner getting sick dying means all of them become wards of the state. What if the person doesn't get immunized, or gets a contageous disease and spread it? The costs of that are huge.
"Sure it does. If he goes to the emergency room, he'll get treated for free, causing your healthcare costs to go up"
No. They are sent a bill that they must pay.
"If he gets a contageous disease, he might spread it to you."
So do the insured. In fact the insured are most likely to spread it, because they're the most numerous in pop.