10-06-2017, 06:28 AM
where uninsured patients go for medical care. They don't pay. ... most procedures in an emergency room cost 5 to 10 times more
Correct: that's the hospital subsidizing "free" medical care by "taxing" the insurance companies. Far from an ideal solution, but it's what the industry lobbyists have decided is appropriate for us to have, much in the same way that County has decided that everything (including emergency medical care) should be in Hilo, despite the larger population (and greater need) in lower Puna.
Correct: that's the hospital subsidizing "free" medical care by "taxing" the insurance companies. Far from an ideal solution, but it's what the industry lobbyists have decided is appropriate for us to have, much in the same way that County has decided that everything (including emergency medical care) should be in Hilo, despite the larger population (and greater need) in lower Puna.