Sorry, but Ashton Kutcher and anyone else that thinks he is right has missed the point by a country mile.
You, I, and Ashton should not be paying for anyone else period, no matter what the circumstances.
I am responsible for my family and myself, period!
If I choose to give charity, that’s my CHOICE, not something forced on me at the point of a gun by the Government.
If you have health insurance, you’re paying for somebody else. Might as well get that out of the way, it’s a misperception that you aren’t. It’s a risk pool, a group plan. Cost is calculated via actuarial tables and cost goes up based upon factors relating to likely expenditure. Age, gender, all manner of qualifiers. I’m sure you’re familiar with the usual questionnaire accompanying an application for health insurance.
What is wrong about nationalized, forced participation, government-run healthcare is that it is not a voluntary association. There is no way to associate with healthier, less risk-prone individuals to avoid the associated higher costs that come with being in a risk pool with them. Moreover, this same government actually encourages some unhealthy behaviors due to their being associated with legally protected classes of individuals.
It’s just another wealth transfer scheme that removes the consequences of irresponsible, immoral actions from people who should and would experience those consequences in a less upside down world. So, it does come full circle back to paying for it, but still, you already are. You’re just not forced to do so. The force is the problem as well as the interference with freedom of association.