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This source is old, but maybe someone else will answer with a better one: taxpayers [1]. We just do so at a larger cost because we're willing to publicly fund e
by wilde 7y ago
This source is old, but maybe someone else will answer with a better one: taxpayers [1]. We just do so at a larger cost because we're willing to publicly fund emergencies but not preventative care.
[1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221653/#_ddd00055_ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221653/#_ddd00055_
- smnrchrds 7y agoWhen you say publicly fund emergencies, do you mean that it is covered, or that you will get a bill in the mail, but you won't be denied care; it's just that you have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars after the fact?
- wilde 7y agoI mean that federal and state goverments provide subsidies to the hospitals to cover the shortfalls that can't be billed. As an individual you still end up screwed.