| SlayerRondo said: If a hospital refused to serve certain patients the insurance companies who would have agreements in place with the hospital would sue them for breach on contract and the bad publicity would destroy them. Their are pleanty on incentives for business to not descriminate and allowing people to chose who they do business with would only results in a few small business turning certain people away in the worst of the states. Freedom of association also means freedom from association. |
These discussions typically involve more small businesses than anything. With the alarmingly high instances of bigotry in certain parts of the country, businesses with these practices could actually get more good word of mouth than bad and see an increase in customers. I think you underestimate how big this issue can be in some parts of the country...
