Fundamentally, it is a question of our societal values and how we view health insurance - as part of a broad social compact in which we have a collective responsibility for a basic level of health and well-being for all of us, or as a product that is available to all, but is effectively rationed according to people's ability to pay. This is the heart of the divide over the ACA, and it is an issue that deserves careful, thoughtful, reasoned debate.
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