Reply #99: I have never heard of a case like that . . . [View All]

[NavajoRug]

. . . at least not where I live.

"That's after they were charged much more than an insured person would have been charged."

Usually it's the other way around -- the insurance companies pays exorbitant rates for medical care, to make up for: 1) the cost of providing care to the uninsured; and 2) the low reimbursement rates for government-paid programs like Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, etc.