This ought to come as no surprise. The ruling class has really gone out of its way to discourage, by means of disincentives, charitable action on the part of individuals and organizations. Since the early 20th century.
In this case, we have someone who acted charitably (possibly saving gov't 6 or 7 figure hospital bills) getting dinged for $143. True, not a huge sum. How many who read the article will, given the opportunity, just say "Screw it" and drive on by? After all, isn't that sort of thing we pay gov't for?