So a patient goes in to visit his doctor.
Imagine if that patient was the Republican Party, and the doctor was, well, Life:
Doctor: Do you know why you came in today?
Patient: I have this persistent cough, the right half of my body hurts, this finger is about to fall off from frostbite, I only eat junk food, you are on the verge of amputating my foot due to my untreated diabetes, but I am pretty sure that I have done nothing wrong, and other than all of that I am perfectly healthy!
Doctor: You need to exercise regularly and eat a nutritious diet.
Patient: But I only use my left hand while driving.
Doctor: I am pretty sure those two things are unrelated.
Doctor: You have appendicitis.
Patient: It’s just gas. Just give me two boxes of cheerios and I will be on my way.
Doctor: This is a condition we see everyday and know exactly how to treat. And anyways, the remedy you want does not even help the condition you claim to have, which is wrong to begin with.
Patient: No, I am pretty sure my opinion is more valid than your expertise based on years of training and experience. They better be honey nut.
Doctor: There is a large tumor growing inside of you. We know how to cure it, but you must have it treated right away or it will kill you from the inside out.
Patient: No, I am pretty sure that it is only trying to make me great again.
Patient: Why is my health bill so expensive?
Doctor: Well, you refuse to take the medication we prescribe, or eat the recommended nutritious diet, or exercise regularly. You fail to come in for routine examinations, that would have caught some of your ailments early on so that we could treat them more easily. You only just came in when your condition has deteriorated so badly that only the most aggressive and expensive interventions will work.
Patient: No, I am pretty sure it is because you and your staff who have dedicated your work and lives to helping others are so greedy, and also those other sick people are probably being greedy too.
Doctor: For all intents and purposes, you are a dead man walking. You have taken almost no steps to treat your many ailments. You can reverse the majority of the illnesses without much lasting damage, but you refuse to take any steps on your own. Preventative medicine is about as alien to you as the far side of the galaxy. If anything, you are actively cultivating your illness on a near-daily basis. Basically, your current health regimen is analogous to treating a curable disease with cyanide pills. Any appropriate treatment you do receive will likely come against your will, violently resisting the advice and actions of the experts around you, and will only occur so late that it upends your entire wellbeing, and at great cost to both you and the health system.
Patient: MORE CYANIDE PLEASE