Charles Stelding, 9 years ago

T. E. Sumner, it matters because when the uninsured show up at Parkland or any hospital, we who are insured pay for it. The hospitals have to recover their costs, so they must raise the compensation costs which they report to the insurance companies. This makes our insurance rates go up. If everyone were insured and everyone is paying into the system, insurance rates will stop going up so quickly. In other words, we who are insured are stuck with the medical bill of those who don’t have insurance.