Emergency/Trauma Centers are required to provide necessary care to stabilize the patient and cannot refuse care.
Thus....the uninsured shows up with the sniffles and ties up the Emergency Room, and utilizes expensive care, and walks out without paying.
Urgentcare and Primary Care facilities are not required to provide services.
I have Medicare (being an old fart) and have purchased Medicare Supplemental Insurance....I can go to any Urgent Care or Primary Care facility and my care is cost free beyond my Insurance Premiums for both Medicare and the Supplemental Insurance.
I also qualify for Medical and Dental care from the Veterans Administration (VA).....if I don't mind all sorts of bureaucratical bull**** and slothfulness.
To add insult to injury....the VA will pass along their costs to your Insurance Provider for services rendered.
Single Payer Healthcare is not a good thing.....as a Canadian you should fully understand that.
For instance.......
https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiol...syndrome/18279