"Nobody dies because they don't have health care insurance."

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Work in a hospital for more than twenty minutes and

you'll know how much of a lie that is.

There's this semi-charming myth out there about how those who don't have health insurance can just show up at a hospital ER and everything will be taken care of. The brutal truth is that if you show up at the ER with no insurance, all they have to do, and all they will do is stabilize you and release you. They will give you the name of a doctor you should go to for follow up care, but those with no insurance never do that. Most of the time whatever is wrong with them just gets worse and worse.

There are certain jobs everyone should have to do in their lives. One is to be a server in a restaurant. Another is to do inpatient registration in a hospital emergency room. Say, at least one year of each, preferably two years. Then, and only then can you go on to college. Or run for elective office.