“If tens of millions of Americans go without basic and preventative care, we all pay the bill when their health problems turn into complex medical emergencies necessitating expensive and specialized treatment. And if we condone a health care system that contributes to the formation of an untouchable caste of the ill, infirm, and marginally employed, all of us, as a society, will lose the right to feel pride in the democratic values that we claim to cherish.” — from “Uninsured in America” by Susan Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle