A guy goes to the hospital with stroke symptoms

[Beachnutt]

the hospital keeps him overnight for observation but everything checks out good, he has no insurance because he lost his job and is not old enough for medicare or medicaid.
A week later he checks his mail and has recieved a bill for $15000.00
He strokes out and dies on the spot.

Why don't we have free healthcare in the richest country on the planet ?

The story above is hypothetical...

[walkingman]

1. Nothing is free, but we should join the rest of first-world countries

that is paid for by taxes. There are only two classes of people that are usually against it - those that think others should pay for their healthcare by refusing to get insurance and those that think everything should be about profit.

[spooky3]

2. You don't have to be old to qualify for Medicaid

But I still agree with your point.

[Shellback Squid]

3. only $15k?, that's a good deal!