alt Hacker News'You are wasting my money on expensive ER visits'
California -'You're right, if we provide preventative care, we lower the significantly more expensive ER visits, save costs, and reduce ER wait times'
'more freeloading on the system'
'You are wasting my money on expensive ER visits'
California -'You're right, if we provide preventative care, we lower the significantly more expensive ER visits, save costs, and reduce ER wait times'
'more freeloading on the system'
I'm fine with these people receiving preventative care, but they should share in the cost, rather than the taxpayer having to pay for all their health care.
40% of Californians are on Medi-Cal. 30 to 40% of Californians don't pay income taxes. The overlap between those two groups is basically 1:1. Therefore, 40% of Californians are essentially freeloading on the healthcare system through a combination of receiving care they don't pay for or via insurance they don't pay for.