"curious ? .. just who is it that is paying for these "unhealthy people now" .. when they present in emergency rooms ?"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but medicare isn't paying it and medicaid isn't paying because these people have self employed jobs and assets and arent poor enough to qualify.
They have to pay the bill themselves and with the bankruptcy laws being as they are, many of these uninsured actually don't lose their home or car or personal assets .... ... so in fact, the rest of the people that have private health care and the government ... those of us who pay taxes foot the bill.
And right now, we foot the bill now and will even with a public health plan for all that are on medicaid. The medicaid people are the ones that show up at the emergency rooms because they don't have to pay for it and they can... Those with medicaid don't have to line up at the doctors office, just show up at the emergency for colds, flue and other minor medical ailments. mo ..nic