I am a nurse for over 40 years. The medical health care system in the US is just full of people of all ages. People have bodies, they can fail and being young does not necessarily offer protection from illness, disease or accidents. If you are young and have no way to pay for heath care, you will pay for it, for a long time, no medical bankruptcy anymore, they will chase you to pay your medical bill vey soon, not paying your medical bill, ruin your credit. Previous to the ACA one could purchase medical insurance at high rates that covered basic care only, that is what we already did to people and do not need to go back there.