> people who wake up and eat donuts Unlucky people, in addition. Some people I know currently excluded by the preexisting condition issue: a person with MS, an

> people who wake up and eat donuts Unlucky people, in addition. Some people I know currently excluded by the preexisting condition issue: a person with MS, and a person with a congenital heart condition. They can get coverage only via employer group plans and cannot work for themselves, i.e. they are mandated to work for either a government or a corporation. That's a bizarre intrusion on personal liberty, much more severe than some taxes, and the fact that it's somehow a "natural" one doesn't make an ethical difference. See F.A. Hayek for a more extensive argument on a mechanism to cover "risks common to all" as a prerequisite for an individualist society, because the alternative is forcing people into nonconsensual collectivist arrangements (like having to work for a company to get a group health plan, or having to stay affiliated with the Mormon church or family clan to receive safety nets via such groups). But hey, continue to rationalize your greed by despising everyone less fortunate than yourself as your lesser. People with MS should've gone to the gym more; poor people should've worked harder; you are John Galt.