re: #102 BongCrodny

They seem to think that as long as *I’m* not paying for it, it doesn’t matter who does — if it’s not Obamacare, then somebody else is going to pick up the tab, whether it’s a hospital or a charity or private donations or Mr. X.

Yeah, and it’s so dim because they are paying for it. If you have insurance, if you pay taxes, you’re already paying for the health care of the uninsured, just in a much more expensive way.

He just spent nine days in the hospital because of congestive heart failure. I have no idea what the total bill is going to come to, but I’m sure it’s going to be a whopper.

He doesn’t have insurance. Who’s going to pick up that tab? Best guess is the hospital, which I’d guess will filter down and likely reduce the services they’re able to offer other uninsureds.

It’ll be the hospital, the government (who subsidize hospitals, when they’re not outright government hospitals like those associated with state schools or city/county hospitals), and people who do have insurance.