The fact is if you go to a PUBLIC hospital and do not have the means to pay, by law they cannot collect the full amount. By law public hospitals have to provide, indigent care. That is the negative of them taking federal aid and medicare along with medicaid payments.
The above is causing a medical crisis in our system due to the vast number of hispanic illegals who are abusing the system and using the emergency room for colds ect.. not even true emergencies.
My sympathy for the poor only goes so far. The problem is the majority of them always seem to be able to afford their beer and cigarettes, yet have little money for other things. They also pump out kids they can ill afford. I have always said if you are on govt subsidies you should be on manadated birth control. You have proven you cannot afford even the kids you have let alone any new ones.
In the end, only in America do you have the opportunity to go from nothing to something as easily. We have the least barriers to you living a better life than any other country in the world. Its proven everyday by people.
As far as our debt as a country, the fact is the rest of the world needs our debt to buy their products. Without us the world economy would slump and then cause the other countries to hit the fan. Also look at Europe with double digit unemployment, boy that experiment is going well,LOL.
I have sympathy only for the truly hard working poor who put their kids welfare first and make smart decisions with their money!