[geasurpacerma]

The sad fact is, and no one who opposed OC actually wants to debate this point specifically, is that those who are neither insured nor in Medicare, do actually get emergency treatment anyway. Who pays? People with insurance. Not only that, but people who have inadequate insurance and end up being bankrupt or on payment plans they can never complete, also have had their treatment, the hospital got their cash and someone paid. Again, it's people with insurance.

I am currently injured have been trying to make this point for a month. My 21k medical bill (before insurance) is not because I got an expensive procedure but because there is the cost of risk embedded in that price. I probably got 5-10k worth of medical attention and the rest goes to pay for those that can't.