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Originally Posted by zimmy
The tax payers are obligated to foot the bill of your medical costs if you are uninsured and get hurt.
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are they?
I think it was Justice Breyer that made this broad suggestion yesterday as well, but I'm not sure that it is true...
I know a few people that were either injured or became quite ill needing cance treatments etc while uninsured....and the "tax payer" did not pay for their medical costs, most were covered/treated by help from charitable trusts through the hospitals, payment arrangements worked out through the various providers and on...I don't think that hospitals that admit patients or treat them in the emergency room can simply bill the taxpayer for services not paid by the uninsured....to suggest that anyone that needs medical services and can't pay for them at that time either out of pocket or through some form of insurance instantly places a financial burden on "the taxpayers" is...... "a stretch"
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