My sympathies go out for the Frost family, they should not have been used in this debate and they should not be subject to personal attacks, some untruths, and the public display of their personal financial information. It is undignified.
Regardless of where the truth is with the Frost family, the point remains that in many cases having or purchasing private health care is a choice. People can choose to work for employers that provide coverage or not, and they can choose to purchase the coverage or not. DC's persistence in pretending that putting a free government health care program in the "mix" plays no role in the decision making of families makes me think he is arguing the point just for the sake of being disagreeable. I can not quantify the extent it happens with accuracy, but it does.
Regardless, the indignity of the program is also unacceptable in my opinion. The Frost's indignity is national news, but on a smaller scale families often have to go through similar indignities to qualify for this and other programs. Again, we should be a nation that is willing to provide or make sure health care is available to all of our children with no questions asked.
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