Dems: GOP rollback of HCR would increase the deficit.

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Not having a fix to healthcare obviously does cost us all. Who do you think pays for all the free care that is provided to people right now in ERs all across America? ERs cannot turn away anyone, no matter what their insurance status. When hospitals can't collect from patients' without insurance and no ability to pay (including illegal immigrants that everyone was so interested to make sure were not included in any healthcare plan, btw) they pass that cost on to the rest of us through increased fees to self-pay patients and to health insurance companies. This means that health insurance companies then increase their rates. There is no free lunch. And you don't even get good care at the ER since there is not continuity of care and many ER facilities are overrun with patients meaning they have excessively long waits, and patient care suffers.

AMEN!!! Great post

What most people don't realize is we are already paying for much of the healthcare for uninsured people!