Doris asks a good question (ploitics)

Someone has to pay for those not paying. You'd get a bill like that at the University Hospital here—their collection rate is under 20% of what they bill. So they need to charge a lot to make up for dead beats.

But since the Emergency Room is already paid for by the taxpayer and it already gets tax payers money specificly to pay for those who don't pay then how does that relate to his $2600 bill?
After all, how can they need to make up extra charges for those that don't pay when they are already getting paid for those that don't pay.