Originally Posted by kane

I understand how it works. I am just curious if anyone knows how much cost is passed on to tax payers and paying customers from those that didn't pay.

Sure, in theory, fewer people will go to these places for little things because they will now have insurance and can see a regular doctor, but right now we have around 30 million without insurance (not too count anywhere between 11-20 million illegals who are mostly uninsured as well) and these people often do just walk into an ER or an urgent care center, get care and never pay. I wonder how much total each year these people leave behind in unpaid bills.