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drxdrg08 t1_jbb1af1 wrote

Reply to comment by sixplaysforadollar in Pennsylvania hospital wants to send woman in coma to Dominican Republic, against her family’s wishes by WITFnews

If a hospital provides free healthcare to non-paying patients, then the paying patients pick up the large bill for all.

A hospital doesn't print money. And what happens when you have too many non-paying patients?

> Hahnemann Hospital, which once served the city’s poorest patients, closed in September 2019. The hospital had been suffering millions of dollars in losses a month

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pittsburghfun t1_jbbch7g wrote

Friend had a heath care crisis in Italy, was admitted for 3 days. No bills.

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drxdrg08 t1_jbbdjra wrote

This illegal alien individual was admitted for 69 days and counting.

That's almost $200,000 if you take the average cost of a hospital bed per day.

They are not paying for any it either. People that pay health insurance will pay for it with higher medical cost and higher insurance premiums.

> On Dec. 29, 2022, a 46-year-old Dominican mother of two was admitted to Lehigh Valley Network’s Cedar Crest hospital

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sixplaysforadollar t1_jbb64k5 wrote

Who said free? They can pay for it then bill them later and figure it out.

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drxdrg08 t1_jbb85p3 wrote

> They can pay for it then bill them later and figure it out.

So hoping that illegal aliens pay hospital bills is your strategy for keeping the medical system in financial solvency?

Good luck with that.

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sixplaysforadollar t1_jbbatsb wrote

Same strategy that’s in place now for people who go to the hospital without insurance yes.

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drxdrg08 t1_jbbcmmc wrote

> that’s in place now

I think you missed the part about the illegal alien being at the center of this case. And how millions more are coming across the border right now. It's not sustainable.

You can either have open borders, or a robust social safety net. Not both.

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GTholla t1_jbb5l0u wrote

Oh no, won't someone think of the poor, poor shareholders!

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drxdrg08 t1_jbbaqhe wrote

It was a non-profit hospital and existed since 1850's.

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