At this time most Americans have inadequate healthcare ( or none at all). Most find out how little health care they have AFTER a crisis, in which case it maybe to late. People without public or private insurance coverage are costly to all of us. When someone gets ill and goes to ER they must treat you by law, regardless of your inability to pay. Most Americans agree with this law. The catch is that only those ER's who receive funds for Medicare patients or other federal funds are in the jurisdiction of this law. The more uninsured patients in the ER, the higher the bills to Medicare, which is paid from the general fund which is created out of our taxes.
It is in
everyone's best interests to maximize the number of Americans who are insured.
Do you have a better way to deal with people who use the ER for health care in which the charges are forwarded to tax payers or via increased charges ???