1) An uninsured US citizen recieving free care raises the cost for the rest of us . But that’s probably not a significant number of patients . We could absorb that . BUT!!!!! add to that number .
2) Legal aliens in the US also get that same free care ….at our expense .
3) Illegal aliens get that care…….and we pay for it .
4) There IS another group that STILL contributes to rising costs ..foreigners from socialist coutries that come here for BETTER care . Even if they PAY for it themselves they are STILL raising the price of healthcare in the US …while LOWERING the cost of healthcare in their mother country …..BECAUSE OF THE LAW OF SUPPLY & DEMAND .

I am NOT saying we should just let those people go unhelped . But this IS a significant dynamic that is overlooked . HOW MANY foreigners ( NUMBER and PERCENT ) recieve healthcare in the US ? Even if they pay for the healthcare themselves ..the foreigners are still raising the price for everyone ….due to the law of supply and demand .

Blaming the rising costs of healthcare on fat , lazy , smoking , junk food eating Americans is probably one of the biggest lies ( maybe a coverup ) ever put out . Certainly FEWER Americans than EVER are smoking…more are exercising, more are healthy diet concious than ever before …and healthcare costs are still rising . Americans are WAY TOO willing to let ALL problems be blamed on them . Maybe the American healthcare system is the victim of its own success .

Maybe healthcare costs are risng in America precisely BECAUSE we are the best in the world ……AND we are too compassionate to turn anyone away .

Have an economist work on this and tell us …” What percetage of upward pricing pressure on healthcare in the US is due to foreign DEMAND for US healthcare ” . Then throw in all the free healthcare and see what you get .