"Forcing" these people to buy healthcare means that they avoid massive health costs later in lifehttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889616497391411201 …
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Which brings us back to that word. "Force". Like people are struggling against an evil government that is shackling them to healthcare 12/
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I'll tell you this much: I work in a low-income area. I've never heard anyone talk about having healthcare "forced" on them 13/
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"Oh no, you treated my diabetes! How dare you!"~not a real thing that anyone would say everhttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889620008988495873 …
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The reality is that this is an argument made by people who can easily afford insurance but don't like taxeshttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889616497391411201 …
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At some point in your life, you will need a lot of healthcare. Towards the end, probably. 16/
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You'll be less able to pay, but need to spend a lot more (because that's how age works) 17/
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Mandating that you pay a bit more now, when you're healthy, means that the entire economy pays WAY less overallhttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889616497391411201 …
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There's another important point. As a society, we don't want children to die without treatment 19/https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889616497391411201 …
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This is known as the Oregon example or the "Rule of Rescue". Basically, we feel obligated to rescue dying children 20/pic.twitter.com/ftVSOcSi01
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It's not just children: as a society, we feel a moral obligation to vulnerable people 21/https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889623769605480448 …
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People draw different lines, but almost everyone agrees that kids dying of cancer deserve medical treatment 22/
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And you know what makes vulnerable people less likely to get sick? Preventive healthcare 23/https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889623945082789890 …
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