The alternative is encouraging people to wait for treatment and tests that they can’t afford in the hope that the problem isn’t serious. Put another way, if th

The alternative is encouraging people to wait for treatment and tests that they can’t afford in the hope that the problem isn’t serious. Put another way, if this family does need the trauma unit for their child next month, will they hesitate? Which is worse for society? Obviously there’s a balance to be struck (hypochondriacs), but I think we can collectively come up with a situation in which both the individuals get paid and the family isn’t being so financially burdened. False alarm or no.