[soulbadguy]

> What if you're the patient?

What if you are on those 10 poor kids he mentioned ?

I don't agree that OP statement is "crass". It's a very pragmatic and important question we have wrestle with.

[esturk]

Except those 10 poor kids aren't spending their own money to save themselves. The patient is though which is the point.

[soulbadguy]

if it's their own money sure.

But almost all care services end benefiting from some sort of subsidies. Even if just by increasing the cost of inssurance for the rest of the population