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Council Member
In Texas, we have county hospitals. They provide health care regardless of ability to pay. Of course, this practice drives up the cost of healthcare for all of us who can afford medical insurance.
Question: Do these hospitals do any kind of means checking? If they learn a person is wealthy, for instance, can they force payment for services?
I have some cousins who chose not to purchase insurance, preferring instead to purchase large acreage, build a huge home, fill it will expensive items, buy a large travel trailer, a dually truck, and many, many other "things". When one of them had a serious accident she went to the county hospital for care - hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of care. The family scuttlebutt is that they did not have to pay. They are quite wealthy. Could this be so?
Question: Do these hospitals do any kind of means checking? If they learn a person is wealthy, for instance, can they force payment for services?
I have some cousins who chose not to purchase insurance, preferring instead to purchase large acreage, build a huge home, fill it will expensive items, buy a large travel trailer, a dually truck, and many, many other "things". When one of them had a serious accident she went to the county hospital for care - hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of care. The family scuttlebutt is that they did not have to pay. They are quite wealthy. Could this be so?
