But BigEasy1, think. You DO pay for someone elses health care and you pay the more for it than you would otherwise. I have said this over and over again. No one is turned away from most ER. If they can't pay - YOU do. If someone has an expensive series of proceedures and appear to be able to pay but are unable to, they go bk, and YOU pay yet again. If a substancial portion of the population goes untreated for communicable diseases, YOU pay again, perhaps even with your life. In this case, people are forced to pay for their own care up front.