By Ezra

Everybody should read this post of Kevin’s. Everybody. And, while you ingest it, think about this: in other countries, the idea that your “insurance” even can be denied simply doesn’t exist. Forget the circumstances, for get disasters, you don’t even have clerical errors. Whether you’re displaced, traveling, or just ill, when you enter the waiting room, the only talk is about your ailment and how to treat it, not a word is said and not a thought thunk as to how you’ll pay for it.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.