Robert J. Samuelson is a liar. The uninsured are not already receiving substantial medical care. That's why 45,000 people in the US die each year for lack of access to health care.

Those of us who are uninsured do not have access to any medical care other than what we can afford to pay out of pocket, which for most of us, is very little. We have a 40 percent higher risk of death before the age of 65 than people who are insured because of our lack of access to medical care.