A quick thought on healthcare reform

I have a quick thought on healthcare reform tonight. One of the many arguments against the Obama/Dems current proposal to cover more people is where will we get the money from? Estimates expect the tab to run near $1 trillion over the next decade. Many extend this idea into something on the order of "why should I pay for someone else's coverage or care?"

What I haven't seen mentioned, is that we are already bearing the cost of their care. Huh? Well, there is no free lunch. That much we know. If uninsured people end up in the hospital, which they inevitably do, who foots the bill? Either the hospital or the taxpayer do, both of which must pass the cost along to the rest of us through higher prices or taxes lest they would be out of business. And we all know that ER visits and emergency care are much more expensive- perhaps an order of magnitude more- than regular care. Those pnemonia cases in the ER, for example, generate bills in the thousands compared to a few doctor visits and some antibiotics. The same goes for most treatments.

Of course, this isn't an endorsement of the current plan. There are plenty of valid arguments against the plan, this just isn't one of them.

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