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Originally Posted by dippin
In any insurance system, private or public, people ARE responsible for the medical welfare of others. The only way they wouldn't be was if they didn't have any insurance and were solely responsible for paying their medical bills. Insurance, public or private, is basically a transfer of resources from the healthy to the sick.
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I'm not sure how you came to this conclusion. In a private system you are not responsible in any way for anyone elses health status or medical bills. If someone is uninsured and goes to the ER. someone with healthinsurance doesn't pay for their visit. They are billed directly. A public plan is a transfer of resources via taxes paying for premiums.