You are correct. Since Gunner will not be paying for his medical care that means someone else will be footing his bill. This is generally passed on to the taxpayer in one form or another. I live in California so I will be paying for some portion of it somehow. I don't oppose this actually. But then I am a believer in universal health care. If we had it now he would be cared for and it would be done the cheapest way. I guarantee that the way it's done now will be very costly. Normally the costs for Gunner's bills would be cost shifted to the people who have insurance, to the hospital, or to the state. If we had universal care his medical care would be paid for by all of us, which is the most efficient way of doing it. The irony is that he's against that kind of system but he's all for taking the benefits from it. Which is why he's a dick. You would think that this little episode would have shown him why universal health care is good for poor folk like him. But I doubt it will have any effect on him and he will continue to complain about a system that has saved his life. Which is why...
Hawke