"Why should we pay any of our hard earned money to the government so some drug addict can get their fix?" "Why should I pay for single mothers who made bad decisions?"

furthermore, taxpayers already foot the bill for these cases anyway since the government reimburses the hospitals, at least partially, for treating the uninsured. What the govt doesn't reimburse, the hospitals pass on to the insured customers (at this point it is hard to call them patients) in the form of higher costs.