But you are A: making a straw argument (that the choice is housing or hospital room and board) and B: buying into the liberal assumption. (Gov must do this) I never do either. Please justify.
It really seems like there is a class of people who would be happier living on a plantation with free food and housing.
The argument is that in a world of scarce resources, we ought to utilize as a matter of principle, the least expensive and most cost-effective means of addressing a problem.
This isn’t a conservative or liberal argument - this is economics 101.
Someone pays the bills of the poor: non-profits, charities, hospital funds set aside for that purpose, or the government through public insurance.
Like I said, hospitals already have a lot on their plate these days and that is not a strawman argument.