I work in a hospital. One of our biggest problems is people who do not pay their medical bills. Many times hospitals have to charge the paying paitents more to offset those who do not pay.

I do not understand why you can walk away from a hospital and not pay a dime of your bill. If you did that at a restaurant or at an auto repair place you would go to jail for theft of services.

I think hospitals need a method to recover the lost expenses on those that do not pay.