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They are funded in all states, one way or another. Keep that in mind. Those who pay always pay for those who don't. One way or another. But, if you mandate that those who can affrd insurance have insurance, those people pay and not the tax payer. And if you monitor, by paying for those who can't pay, the costs of those who can't pay, you are likley to pay less than just letting the hospital run up the price unmonitored, never knowing if you're paying what it cost them, or more.
The states have the right to do that, the Federal Govt. doesn't. The provision of Obamacare that requires the insurance mandate will be ruled Unconstitutional IMO and that kills the program.