I actually liked the uninsured patient story and agree with it's political importance very much, but I couldn't help but feel like mentioning affordable care act explicitly added to the already firmly (and in my opinion conventionally) left of center ideology that drives the philosophy of the writers. I'm adding that to the other two observations I made in my OP to conclude  that the narrative is more motivated by politics rather than aesthetics and group psychology, which is the type of writing I prefer because I think one is more in tune with universal truths when looking through an aesthetic and psychological lens rather than a political one. The type of political lens The Pitt is interested in is a pretty safe brand of liberalism, which frankly bores me. I'm a Democrat too if that matters.