There are lots of married parents who aren’t well off financially for many reasons. The economy isn’t getting any better and there will be many more layoffs. Many employers don’t offer health insurance and it is often prohibitively expense to buy private insurance now, not to mention pre-existing conditions.
Your suggestion is nice, but doesn’t really solve the problems.
You don't have to be well-off to buy health insurance. If your employer doesn't offer health insurance, then find another employer.
Thousands of people manage to cover this. Hundreds of thousands of them! It's not an impossible task. Getting government to pay more will only exacerbate the problem. Which is their goal. Thanks for playing along with them!
I hope you smoke.