I disagree that healthcare is a commodity.   We can't shop intelligently for it because we don't know out future and the future of those we love and are responsible for.  I can't shop for it like I can for a refrigerator, letting price decide what I can or cannot have in a particular model; I am not afforded the ability to shop around for an illnesses and pick out only the ones I  can afford   And how dare you say that 'covering pre-existing conditions is welfare' - especially in a Catholic publication.  Obviously no one you love has given birth to a child with manifest disabilities or have a spouse that has heart disease or diabetes or had a child with a severe mental illness like schizophrenia.  We are talking about real people with serious problems that finally got some attention in the ACA.  I am sorry but that statement was the most un-Christian comment I have read in this publication EVER.