re: #200 iossarian

True. But what we got was a small increment. People strangely act like if we didn’t pass it, we wouldn’t have had to be spending any money on health care.

The reality is that we already pay the costs of the uninsured. Directly, by subsidizing hospitals, indirectly, through higher insurance costs for those with insurance, and distantly, in the lost wages and other productivity that sick workers who can’t afford to get treatment bring.

We already have complete medical coverage in the US, we just have it in a very costly and ineffective manner. Yay.