[investigateworld]

I can speak for Oregon somewhat: The payments to Health Care Professionals are so low, most will not accept new patience's.
But our liberals love to tout our system. Thus those in a real hurt show up at ER's and generate higher billings.
(And if your appearance is that of a US citizen or legal resident, you have to provide a valid SSAN (they check) so if you're illegal, it's todo gratis. A lady friend of mine works for one of the major health care providers, Providence Health, They go back to a Nursing Order from the 1850's. It's an in house joke that they turn their billings over to another Order for collections. That Order is referred to as "The Little Sisters of Judas Iscariot". They have to collect a very high percentage on the uninsured or they are out of biz. Simple as that.

[hocndoc]

THanks for the information. Your experience proves my gut feeling that nothing is free.

However, why are there "uninsured" in Oregon?