Idiot! The hospital goes after >you< via a collection agency. They don’t send your bill to your neighbor. Where did this moron come from?
The hospital does send the bill to your neighbor. When the uninsured are unable to pay, the hospital raises rates on all the paying customers to cover the cost. Of course the same is true with medicare and medicaid patients. Medicare and medicaid do not pay enough to cover their costs, so hospitals and insurance companies raise the rates on the rest of us. Just wait til Obamacare kicks in - it will be even more fun and efficient! /s