[Sooth2222]

"For one, hospitals must charge the uninsured the same price for emergency care as those with insurance are “generally billed,” whether they have private coverage, Medicare or Medicaid."

That could make some sense. We've all seen hospital bills where the "sticker" price was whittled down to a fraction of the original bill by the insurer. Uninsured emergency visitors don't have that advantage. (They say “generally billed”, not “generally paid” so there is still plenty of room for this to go completely awry.)

[steve86]

Uninsured emergency visitors don't have that advantage.

You can still negotiate the bill down. Or hire a patient advocate.

[sheana]

That’s the one thing I agree with. Everyone should get the same price.