SUAREZ: Let’s talk a little bit more about the assumptions being made here. The people who decide not to buy insurance because the mandate disappears are people who wouldn’t have wanted to buy insurance in the first place.
KODJAK: Well, yeah, there are definitely those people who just don’t think they need it.
And they will still get care in cases of emergency?
Yes.
And the cost will still be passed on to those WITH coverage?
Of course.
Most of the medical costs now are not covered under O-care because the deductibles are so freaking high. So unpaid costs are still being subsidized.
Nothing has changed.
No. No. And no!
Those without insurance who get care will receive a bill, for which they must pay....
And they will still get care in cases of emergency?
Yes.
And the cost will still be passed on to those WITH coverage?
Of course.
You forgot to add the /sarc. I read the whole article, and that’s not in it. Since you didn’t apply quotation marks, I assume you’re being sarcastic. I’m no fan of npr, but I don’t see any liberal slant in her answers, though the host was asking leading questions that a democrat congressman would have answered in a way to o make it sound horrible. I have to give the woman credit for not making it sound awful.