This article perfectly illustrates the actual problem with healthcare in America. The poor, those who can least afford healthcare, have utilization rates significantly higher than any other demographic.

We cannot address this issue from only one side. Do we need to give financial assistance to our poor? Yes. However, there is no free lunch. The poor must also, to be eligible for that assistance, help mitigate the problem by making different lifestyle choices.

Like most every problem, we need to meet in the middle.