I'm twenty-one and my parents still refer to me as a kid, and I'm just fine with that as it took me until very recently to start seeing myself as an adult. I was also a very naive child in that it took me a few years after the fact to realize that the very popular Tamora Pierce books were a lot more sexualized than I had realized at 12. (The main character in one of the books does not have a single romantic relationship that does not include sleeping with the man from the start.)

The Catholic faith also has a means of entering adulthood at about 13 or so (depends on the diocese). The Sacrament of Confirmation is when we choose whether or not to accept our faith as full adults. What's significant is that you have to have an adult...

You think those who are willing to sacrifice to afford health insurance wouldn't like lower costs? The thing is, there are better ways of achieving that then letting the government (who couldn't save money if their lives depended on it) take over.

Like allowing trade across state lines (like congress is supposed to ensure). Putting a cap on malpractice suits. That would lower malpractice insurance costs, which would decrease doctors' and hospitals' overhead allowing them to charge less for routine procedures.

There are worlds of ways to lower health care costs. They just don't include socialism.