If you didn't pay for it, somebody did.
Why should a stranger be forced to pay for your medical care?
It's always nice to know that there are human beings around that would prefer not to pay a very small sum of money into the system in order to save the life of another human being because apparently taxation is theft. What kind of fucked-up world view is that? Do you really believe that the life of someone with a fat bank account has more intrinsic value than that of someone who is poor? Law and Healthcare should be the two things where everyone is completely equal and deserving of the same respect and care, the money you make should never dictate whether you live or die.
I really, truly hope you will never find yourself in the situation where a loved one's life is hanging by a thread, and that thread might be cut just because you ran out of money. If you can't emphasize with someone in that situation, or worse it, you can imagine yourself not caring or rationalizing the outcome, then I feel very sorry for you and hope you'll be able to find peace within yourself and learn to love other human beings a bit more.
The tax payers. It's a government service, just like policing or firefighting.
> Why should a stranger be forced to pay for your medical care?
You may want to revisit this question if you ever find yourself in need of medical care. Ultimately, it boils down to which way you prefer to play the game of life - in a cooperative way, or dog-eats-dog, you against the whole world way?
Those who don't want to pay for others usually leave for the US. I've known Europeans or Indians too who think there are too many havenots in their country who will be dependent on state for their care and they knew who will foot the bill, so they left for the US.
There are all kind of people, some prefer private healthcare because they want to receive cutting edge treatment for all money they've and there are some who want to receive free treatment even if cutting edge treatment is not feasible for all of them.