3050 What’s In It For Me - Call In Show - August 12th, 2015

Call 1: Dream Analysis: Somehow my older brother managed to scrape off nearly all of his skin. Looking at him, most of what I could see was raw, exposed meat of his muscles. My brother himself seemed to be feeling okay. I came up to him and started helping by taking a razor and slicing off remaining shreds of skin from his chest so that he would look more uniformly skinless. He decided to have a skin graft from a remaining patch of skin on his back to the rest of his body. As soon as the process of skin grafting was about to begin, the roles switched. Now, I was the one without any skin…Call 2: Does socialized health care create a moral hazard where individuals do not prioritize health, nutrition and fitness because they are financially penalized for doing so? If I have guaranteed subsidized insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, what is the extent of my responsibility for my future wellness?