“People without insurance actually pay 3 times more for the same service than people with insurance. The problem occurs when they walk and don’t pay but many do pay.”

Hmm… better fact check. There are two prices in healthcare: cash pay and insurance. Are you talking about the amount billed or out of pocket for the patient? The amount billed is much less for cash pay. Whether or not the provider gets paid is completely different. Hospitals generally do not turn away people in need; they provide the care, the docs write it off, and the hospital tries to make up the costs elsewhere (aka paying patients).

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