So, why the heck don't we cancel Medicaid and give the tax money spent on the program to the poor, as Bloomberg columnist Megan McArdle suggested in a recent column?
Two reasons are a selfish interest to live and to have the freedom to leave our homes.
Right now, for example, South Korea is facing an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), a vicious killer cousin of the common cold. The country has recorded nine MERS-related deaths, closed about 900 schools, and put about 3,000 people in quarantine.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
