A few years ago I had to take my wife to ER in the middle of the night for uncontrolled bleeding. We have great insurance and as such I was not concerned. I pay a great amount for my insurance.
In the ER waiting room was mostly minorities and illegal aliens. I knew they were illegals by their accents. I speak Spanish and my wife is from Mexico the legal way. She was educated in our universities with multiple degrees in math and computer engineering.
I suspect we were the only person in that waiting room with insurance. It should also be noted when anyone shows up in the emergency room they must be treated. That is the law. They are treated at a great loss to the hospital.
That hospital is now closed due to finances. I do not know the particulars of that hospitals finances. I do know that free treatment contributed to their financial failure.
I really think government mandating free care but not paying for it is an unconstitutional taking.
I'm fine with government mandating the care, but government should be on the hook to pay if the patient can't.
And that requirement hits hospitals in the poorest areas harder than other hospitals.
You were the only people in the room paying a dime. I also bet 8 out of 10 of them were there for non life threatening reasons.
It points out an unavoidable fact of life: there is a limit to how many underclass people a society can carry, and when that limit is exceeded, then collapse is inevitable.
We need to cut back on welfare, to the point where welfare women stop having kids, and stop the Third World invasion.