It's fucking stupid.
This measure is going to price sick people without considerable means out of health insurance. Awesome, say the GOP behind this, then we won't have to pay for their healthcare.
But wait - that will leave them with essentially one option, exhaust whatever resources they have, and then go to the ER for whatever services they can get - after which, the hospital gets stiffed on the bill, and the write-off gets passed on to everyone else in the form of higher prices.
Congratulations, we all pay for it anyways. How about we do so in a way that isn't the most expensive possible (uninsured people in the ER are billed at rates substantially higher - often double or more - than the rates negotiated by insurers).
Brilliant, that.
This measure is going to price sick people without considerable means out of health insurance. Awesome, say the GOP behind this, then we won't have to pay for their healthcare.
But wait - that will leave them with essentially one option, exhaust whatever resources they have, and then go to the ER for whatever services they can get - after which, the hospital gets stiffed on the bill, and the write-off gets passed on to everyone else in the form of higher prices.
Congratulations, we all pay for it anyways. How about we do so in a way that isn't the most expensive possible (uninsured people in the ER are billed at rates substantially higher - often double or more - than the rates negotiated by insurers).
Brilliant, that.
