The mandate for hospitals to provide free services could have worked as long as hospitals could charge other customers to make up the difference. It would have been immoral (theft), but it could have worked.
Under Federal, state, and local price controls, it cannot work. It is breaking hospitals all across the country, especially in rural areas and areas affected by illegal immigration.
Of course, our masters do not rely on such institutions for their own needs, so it doesn't matter.
The root of the problem, of course, is the unconscionable EMTALA, which is, unbelieveably, supported by many FReepers and others. EMTALA is looting, plain and simple, and it will eventually bring down the whole system if it is not repealed.
Maybe that's the point.