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My other argument, generally, is... if you don't want the government to pay for the uninsured, then stop requiring hospitals to care for the uninsured. I've yet to have someone explain in a logical manner why hospitals must provide their care for free when no other industry has to do that. If health care is NOT a right, then hospitals shouldn't have to treat people who can't pay. If it IS a right, then continue to require hospitals to provide the care but figure out a way to reimburse them. Be consistent.
If hospitals are compensated, even at lower levels, for all the care they provide, the charges for the insured will go down. Currently, they have to make up the difference somehow.
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