Sparhawk

There are over 40 million Americans without health insurance, those who make too much money to be covered by Medicaid, but not enough discretionary income to actually pay for it. They do, in fact turn to emergency rooms for care, usually when their diseases/injuries have gotten so bad they can't work.

Oh yeah, and it's NOT free, either. Hospitals frequently charge 3-4 times more their uninsured than they do to insurance companies, thanks to deals worked out by those companies.

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