I agree with reinstituting the system before obamacare, but I would change preexisting coverage methods. They didn’t work. I have no idea why they zinged a worker but paid for a welfare client but they did. The worker could lose everything, stop working, and go on welfare I suppose. Better than letting your child die.
I have no problem with working on that end. But there are already a number of safety nets for the poor.
If you happen to have a lot of assets when you come down with cancer and you don't have insurance, you are going to end up poor. That is why people who have money and assets are insane if they don't purchase health insurance.
But if you don't have assets and you don't have money, almost every state has some form of MediCal coverage and they don't deny you because you have a pre-existing condition. My daughter was in that position. She had no assets and wasn't making enough money to buy a personal policy. She came down with a debilitating disease, applied for MediCal and now has full coverage with no deductibles. If she had assets or a good job, then she might not have qualified. She isn't going to die in the streets.
She gets better treatment than I do for free and I'm paying $12,000 a year for my crappy coverage.