Yeah-- I gotta disagree here too. As a guy who weighed 300 lbs and smoked two packs a day two years ago, and a guy who weighs 220 and runs marathons now, I spen

Yeah-- I gotta disagree here too. As a guy who weighed 300 lbs and smoked two packs a day two years ago, and a guy who weighs 220 and runs marathons now, I spend more time (and money) paying for my healthcare now than I ever did when I was living a far less healthy lifestyle. I just broke my fibula and dislocated my ankle in an accident. Fortunately I have health insurance, fortunately I have sick days at work, and fortunately I have enough money where I can pay the $3000 out of pocket it's going to cost me, even with the insurance, for the surgery I can have to walk (and hopefully run) again. But somebody without insurance, making it so that they could get back into stable condition could lead them into bankruptcy and making them a burden on society. Quite frankly, I'd rather be paying to the burden of keeping that person well and making sure they can stay in the workforce than I am paying for their unemployment and bankruptcy because they can't get well because they can't afford to. Universal Healthcare just makes sense and it is embarrassing that we're the only western country without it.