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The only problem I have with this is that it doesn't hurt the insurance companies financially when Americans as a whole are really unhealthy and sick. And it doesn't put any incentives on people to become healthier in general.
Quite frankly, if you are making $7-$10/hr, but find enough money to buy alcohol and cigarettes, then you can pay for your health insurance, but if you make $15/hr and exercise and have a clean bill of health, that person statistically has less of a chance of needing costly care.
The ER and other emergency treatment will not change the current patient load at local hospitals. Unless people were suffering and dieing without seeing a doctor because they were worried about their bills having to be paid by the state. That is what the current plan is if you don't have insurance and are poor.
I don't think that the 'good' hospitals will get overrun in the long term. It might be pretty bad at first, but they will expand and train more doctors (or import them from overseas if it is allowed).
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