The difference is now we're paying for reactive medicine via the Emergency Room, rather than paying for preventative medicine, which is significantly cheaper.

So yes, WRO, you're ALREADY paying for the uninsured. Only now, you're paying for it in its most expensive form.

And if you're real lucky, the night you get in a car accident, the ER will be so overwhelmed by the uninsured, that they'll not have the resources to save your life because 25 people are already in the ER.

It's best not to be penny-wise and pound-foolish.