Reply #32: For those who can't afford insurance, other taxpayers should be

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required to pick up the tab. But let us not lurch into
a beauracratic government agency deciding how long one
be required to endure a non-life threatening pain
situation. Ask anyone with back pain, hip pain, knee pain,
gall stones, etc as to how long can they endure the pain
so that other folks can get more urgent treatment.

Besides, by law, hospitals are required to treat all
emergencies regardless of ability to pay. I don't think
there are people dying in the streets without hospital
access. Atleast I have not seen such news items.