Oh contarare (sp?) my friend.  I lurk almost every day and I did see the interchange; decided to stay out of it.  I avoid Izzy at all costs these days; don't need the Powers That Be giving me nasty 2 ratings for no good reason.

Let's recite the rules of US governance:

1. The rich/powerful matter and no one else does.

2. Any policy sold to "help" the public in general is a sham.  Wait till you see what you really get.

It'll be like car insurance in the US.  If you want to operate a vehicle legally, you need proof of insurance to get a registration tag for your license plate.  For health care, doesn't matter if you're middle class or a bum in a tent city, you better have a health care card, PAID FOR, or they will do what ...?  Harvest your internal organs for research on immortality for the wealthy?  Hell of a research project if you think about it.  Don't want to arrest people ... too expensive.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.