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In this case, it's hard for most Americans to even imagine that nobody in the rest of the developed world lives this way. We've been living inside the restrictions and making the trade-offs required to hang onto our all-important health care coverage for so long that we don't even realize that we're cutting those deals, or what we're giving up, or how thoroughly those choices have come to dominate and limit our lives.

I sometimes just ask my American friends and relatives to open up their imaginations, and answer the question for themselves:

How would your life be different if you never had to worry about getting, keeping, or affording health care again?
What other choices might you have made?
Where else would you be right now?
How would it change your plans for the future?

My neighbors go to the doctor when they need to -- and often, when they don't.

My neighbors heal, recover, and go on with their lives

My neighbors quit jobs they hate.

My neighbors seldom go bankrupt.