get sick

"Among these 100 people, there are children. There are people who could get sick from how cold it gets at night," he said.

“Do people get sick in the future?”

How do people die if they never get sick?

Paul’s response was honest, what most Republicans are unwilling to admit they believe: If you aren’t rich enough to afford high premiums, or to pay for your own health care if you get sick and insurance refuses to cover you, then you have failed to adequately care for yourself and you should just have to suffer the consequences.

John Whitfield, a 60-year-old Medicaid patient from Waco, Texas, said his takeaway from a recent attempt to schedule a medical appointment was: “Don’t get sick.”