No more government - boo hoo!

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

They do not however receive Taxpayer dollars, as you stated.

Federal money is taxpayer dollars. If they don't receive taxpayer dollars, they don't have to follow the mandate. Most hospitals feel that the benefits of the taxpayer dollars they receive outweigh the burden of the mandate, so they do it.

What they don't get is direct funding for poor ER patients, for that they get the tax writeoff.

I get write offs as well. I do not however receive taxpayer dollars. See how that works.

It works rhetorically, but effectively the only difference between a tax writeoff and a check for the equivalent amount from the government is bookkeeping. I would have thought that a flat tax proponent would be especially likely to understand that.

Dude you are a fool if you think that the cost is transferred, by government mandate to paying patients. Please cite... thanks.

I'll cite you:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The rest suck it up, and charge the rest of us the balance.

They are mandated to pay these costs, and they charge the rest of us the balance.