LogFAQs > #892217311

In the USA, it's law that a hospital cannot refuse to treat your critical condition just because they think you can't pay. I approve of this law. Given that addressing problems in the emergency room is inefficient, encouraging people to seek treatment sooner (by, in part, making other methods affordable) makes sense.

Do medical personnel, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and so on deserve compensation for unpaid/discounted time spent helping people that can't afford their normal prices? Certainly. I see public health as a common good which the government has an obligation to promote, and I think the government should use tax revenues to compensate those professionals.
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