On 3/25/2010 7:23 AM, Han wrote:
All this is very simple. By law until now, a hospital (I think doctors
too, but IANAL) has to give you care, whether you can pay for it or not.
This change in law ensures that somehow the hospital gets paid back.

Your solution would be that the hospital could refuse to give you care
until you provide proof of financial responsibility. Happy bleeding!

The law in most localities requires that hospital emergency rooms
provide services to all comers.

And the hospital does get paid back--the take it out of the pockets of
insurance companies and people who pay out of pocket but aren't too poor
to afford the bill.