“She didn’t look very hard. There are plenty of doctors who and hospitals who would do it for free.”
You are living in dream land. No hospital is going to do that without money. Perhaps the surgeon if he works for himself could do it free if he wanted, but he is not the hospital.
Ever hear of St Judes? Or the Shriner’s Hospital? Those aren’t the only two.
Look up the charity policy for almost any hospital and you'll find that's not the case.
This is why studies show that people already get better medical care than they would under Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. Most states and local governments already have programs that get care for the uninsured, underinsured and poor.