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> They'll get treated for free in emergency rooms. Um, no, that is not free in the US. You can go into serious debt that way.
by guerrilla 5y ago
> They'll get treated for free in emergency rooms.
Um, no, that is not free in the US. You can go into serious debt that way.
- WalterBright 5y agoThey still get free treatment, regardless of their debt. The hospitals just write off those debts, it's covered by the high prices they charge the patients who can pay.
- DarylZero 5y agoDefaulting on a debt isn't the same thing as getting something for free.
- WalterBright 5y agoThat's exactly what it is.
- coldtea 5y agoIf you're a rich person with stuff in your company's name, or some kind of structured impersonal assets (and ultimately, relatives to take care of you, and friends to do you favors every time you bankrupt and default Trump-style) yes. Otherwise, there are repercusions from one that aren't there on the other - up to incoming a debt slave to your default's arrangement, not getting any credit anymore, and even ending up homeless.
- WalterBright 5y agoYou're still getting something for nothing. And in a few years, your debt is expunged.
- DarylZero 5y agoBy your logic literally everything is free, since you can borrow cash and pay for it with cash and default on the debt.
- t-3 5y agoMedical debt collection and reporting is much more restricted than other kinds. You can certainly treat it as free very easily if you want to.