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Re:Is employer-based health insurance a barrier to entrepren... by wisty on Monday February 28, 2011 @05:04AM (#2270757)
Generally, that cost is much higher. US hospitals can only treat uninsured people who are on death's door, which is ridiculously expensive. Treating people before they need emergency treatment is much cheaper. Or you could be really hard-line, and just let them die if they can't pay for treatment.

Reality, you already have socialised care. It's just really inefficient. And you pay extra for private cover!

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Re:Is employer-based health insurance a barrier to entrepren... by kls on Monday February 28, 2011 @08:04AM (#2271058)
US hospitals can only treat uninsured people who are on death's door

I don't know that to be true, here in Florida we have a lot of immigration, many of them are fleeing worse places and don't have a lot of money and definitely don't have insurance, so they go to the ER like others go to their general practitioner. They do this because hospitals are not allowed to refuse treatment to the uninsured.

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Re:Is employer-based health insurance a barrier to entrepren... by rdouble on Monday February 28, 2011 @08:08AM (#2271066)
US hospitals can only treat uninsured people who are on death's door

If you break your arm or get poked in the eye and don't have insurance, you do not get refused treatment at the ER.

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