Alison Murdock

… ACA, because not only can getting sick bankrupt you, but unhealthy people burden the whole system (clogging up hospitals, bringing down the GDP). If everyone went to the doctor when they first got sick, or they could afford to fix chronic health problems and go back to work, the whole country would benefit.

… casino analogy is almost too playful, because the consequences of not playing can be catastrophic. In many fields, insurance is mandatory — and rightly so. It’s illegal to drive without insurance, for example. And no sane bank will give you a loan without homeowner’s insurance. If you don’t have insurance and you crash your car, you risk negatively impacting someone and taking away their freedom (e.g. if you can’t pay to fix the other guy’s car). It’s almost crazy that health insurance wasn’t mandatory in the US until the ACA, because not only can getting sick bankrupt you, but unhealthy people burden the whole system (clogging up hospitals, bringing down the GDP). If everyone went to the doctor when they first got sick, or they could afford to fix chronic health…

…ns involved seem to really care about finding a way for Americans to access affordable health care. But truthfully, much of the debate feels like it’s about winning, not fixing the system. Like when two high school boys get into a fight allegedly over a game, but they’re actually just tr…