These are drug addicts who largely don't have any savings. They are extremely cash poor. But they are "worth money" because each body can be used to bill an ins

These are drug addicts who largely don't have any savings. They are extremely cash poor. But they are "worth money" because each body can be used to bill an insurance company for outrageous amounts (which, one way or another, we all pay). Without an extremely flawed insurance industry this wouldn't be possible. How else could you make lots of money from people who don't have any?