One further point... the person in this thread who is questioning the existence of people who can't get coverage is already paying a lot of money in taxes to pay medical bills of those who can't get coverage. Such people often end up in emergency rooms with catastrophic problems and are unable to pay. It's the taxpayers who pay for those very expensive emergency room services. If those same people had access to good care before their conditions become serious, the taxpayers would pay a lot less in taxes for their care. So that would help everyone's taxes go down.