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… is from page 299 of Arnold Kling [2]‘s superb 2004 book, Learning Economics [3]:
The fundamental problem is that we believe that health insurance is something that only should be received as a gift – never obtained for oneself. Thus, we immediately assume that when a family does not have health insurance, they are to be pitied for not having received the gift, rather than being blamed for not having taken responsibility.