Mandatory Healthcare?

[Riot]

my husband and i pay 187 every two weeks for health insurance. it was never a discussion of whether we could afford it,

But what if it was $867 a month, with some medical problems and routine monthly medications you have to take not covered?

I had health insurance at a practice I worked at about 5 years ago, and it was employee matching and cheap, but when I left, the same insurance cost was nearly $1000 a month for me to purchase it and keep the same plan as an individual.

Please don't assume that everyone who does not have health insurance is chewing tobacco, managing their finances or priorities wrong. Sure, some are, but lots of hardworking people can't afford health insurance once they have a medical problem, especially if they have moved, changed jobs, have to change carriers. It all starts from scratch at that point as far as the insurance carrier goes.