re: Study: significant increase in patients who can't afford to pay full hospital bill

Then why are healthcare/hospital stocks soaring (with the exception of rural hospitals in states that didn't expand Medicaid)?

Is this just among those without insurance? How did they account for Medicaid/Medicare patients, who would have no share of the bill? How big was their survey pool? What was their methodology? How did they define 'paying the full share' - does insurance paying a portion count as a positive or a negative?

So many questions, so few answers. Because they're trying to sell you a product.