FS, do you really think that the owners of McDonald's give all their employees insurance?? There might be a few full-timers that get benefits, and the rest are part-timers that aren't considered eligible. Plus, if the guy owns six McDonald's, I'm not crying over his wallet contents. However, that's really not the issue.

Lilo brought up excellent points. The uninsured in this country don't get physicals, don't get mammographies, colonoscopies, have their PSA tested or get pap smears. They're not receiving medication for high cholesterol or hypertension, they don't know they have diabetes.

By the time they see a doctor, they are very sick. They might have cancer or get a heart attack or stroke. Then their very expensive treatments are on our dime.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and making healthcare available for those that couldn't previously get it is going to be worth it in the long run.