[DB]

ICU and ER are constantly busy.

They have no problem with keeping their workers busy.

The problem (at least a major part of the problem) is mandating that the hospital care for people that are not going to pay and then passing the costs on to those who do pay.

Unlike the Dr in this article trying to get paid for her time seeing government insured patients the hospital is required to care for these government insured patients and the government (taxpayer) doesn't pay the full cost of that care. So the next paying person who comes through the door pays for all of the above. That's wrong.

[DB]

Umm, they aren't "indigents". They are Medi-Cal patients.

What is simply going to happen is that more and more doctors are going to refuse to see Medi-Cal patients which are most older folks.

Maybe that's a good thing. But the state can't expect providers to provide at that rate - which is her point.

And last but not least, give her some credit. She did take care of the patient without proper compensation.