I just wanna say that if you are low income enough, and need hospitalizaton, ya might want to consider going to a non-profit hospital vs a "for profit" hospital.
I am low income enough and my local non-profit hospital covered my copay of $1300 or so for a hospital visit. Another hospital I went to the previous month, was a "for profit" hospital, and they didn't cover any of the copay -- they sent it to a debt collector who negotiated it down by 30%.
Also my nephew is low income and is without health insurance; he was ill a little while ago, and the same non profit hospital covered the entire visit, which amounted to thousands.
The non-profit hospital I went to seemed to be as good as the for profit hospital with respect to equipment and staff.. actually it was a bit nicer overall.