The iPhone is not a luxury good

This morning, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) suggested that the Republicans' proposed Affordable Care Act replacement would require Americans to "make a choice" in order to pay for health care. "Maybe they should invest in their own health care,” he told CNN. There are a lot of things wrong with this statement, including the fact that average health care spending per capita is thousands, not hundreds, of dollars annually. But one of the most subtly frustrating details is how “that new iPhone” is used as a stand-in for frivolous luxury — not a central fixture for many people’s lives....
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/7/14841230/jason-chaffetz-iphone-healthcare-comments-are-bad