Increasing fines is one way to recoup lost revenue:
For health-care professionals, the charges are a way to recoup the administrative costs of running a business. After all, they point out, assistants and receptionists need to be paid whether or not a patient shows up. And doctors typically aren’t salaried, they’re paid only for patients they treat. Some patients understand that. But for them, the fees still are one more health expense to shoulder, atop rising insurance premiums and co-pays.
