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Sunny Day · 06-28-2012, 10:28 PM

Besides the uninsured going to the ER, they also go to hospital clinics and in life threatening cases have surgery. The hospitals have to charge the insurance companies higher rates to make up losses from the uninsured. Some hospitals are government run and have to get tax money to cover the uninsured.

You're also paying for people with health insurance that can't pay their share of the bill. The majority of bankruptcy filings in the US is from people who couldn't pay their medical bills. Most health insurances have caps on what they pay. You might need a heart transplant that costs $500,000 and your insurance might only cover $250,000. So again the hospital has to raise its rates to cover the loss.

Hospital charges might actually come down since the hospitals should be getting fully paid. But that only if deductibles are eliminated or the government just puts everyone on Medicare.

There are some doctors who charge less than doctors (most) who accept insurance. These doctors don't accept insurance so they have fewer people working. One doctor needs 3 or 4 people doing nothing but filing insurance claims and hassling with the insurance companies to actually pay them.

People without insurance now also cost the the insured and all taxpayers by not taking care of minor problems as the can't pay for them so they end up getting much sicker and the bill gets a lot bigger.

06-28-2012, 10:28 PM
Sunny Day Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,406	You're paying for the uninsured already Besides the uninsured going to the ER, they also go to hospital clinics and in life threatening cases have surgery. The hospitals have to charge the insurance companies higher rates to make up losses from the uninsured. Some hospitals are government run and have to get tax money to cover the uninsured. You're also paying for people with health insurance that can't pay their share of the bill. The majority of bankruptcy filings in the US is from people who couldn't pay their medical bills. Most health insurances have caps on what they pay. You might need a heart transplant that costs $500,000 and your insurance might only cover $250,000. So again the hospital has to raise its rates to cover the loss. Hospital charges might actually come down since the hospitals should be getting fully paid. But that only if deductibles are eliminated or the government just puts everyone on Medicare. There are some doctors who charge less than doctors (most) who accept insurance. These doctors don't accept insurance so they have fewer people working. One doctor needs 3 or 4 people doing nothing but filing insurance claims and hassling with the insurance companies to actually pay them. People without insurance now also cost the the insured and all taxpayers by not taking care of minor problems as the can't pay for them so they end up getting much sicker and the bill gets a lot bigger.