let me put it this way:
i'm type 1 diabetic. it has nothing to do with things a person might have power over - like being fat (which i'm not and never have been). the prevailing theory is you get hit by some virus and that's that.
ok. so if my diabetes causes me to go to the emergency room, ER is gonna treat me. they're not gonna let me die because i don't have insurance - i.e. the money to pay. they're gonna treat me, yell at me for "not taking care of my diabetes", then slap me with a bill. that's the law.
the way this plays out is that i never get the care i need, i don't get to die, parts of me will be amputated one by one over a period of years, and the debt will just rack up and up and up.
that's the law.
Yet some people think that access to emergency rooms means that everyone has access to "necessary care".
Of course, sick people can keep selling everything they own until they are driven into homelessness and bankruptcy to pay for all that care that isn't "necessary", and will last a little longer if they are still well enough to work some, but when they get sick and broke enough maybe they can get medical care (medicaid) plus housing and food courtesy of the state. That would be a great outcome.
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