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by gamble 5588 days ago
Exactly. Unless you're going to allow people to die in the waiting room at the ER because they don't have insurance, someone is bearing the cost of treating the uninsured. It's either a spouse, the government, or everyone else who has insurance via higher premiums.
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wisty 5588 days ago
Generally, that cost is much higher. US hospitals can only treat uninsured people who are on death's door, which is ridiculously expensive. Treating people before they need emergency treatment is much cheaper. Or you could be really hard-line, and just let them die if they can't pay for treatment.

Reality, you already have socialised care. It's just really inefficient. And you pay extra for private cover!

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kls 5587 days ago
US hospitals can only treat uninsured people who are on death's door

I don't know that to be true, here in Florida we have a lot of immigration, many of them are fleeing worse places and don't have a lot of money and definitely don't have insurance, so they go to the ER like others go to their general practitioner. They do this because hospitals are not allowed to refuse treatment to the uninsured.

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rdouble 5587 days ago
US hospitals can only treat uninsured people who are on death's door

If you break your arm or get poked in the eye and don't have insurance, you do not get refused treatment at the ER.

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