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Health care is also extraordinarily costly. People who are uninsured, underinsured (ie, liable for a high share of their treatment costs) or fearful of surcharges for using out-of-network hospitals and physicians may keep away—particularly if their pay has recently fallen or stopped altogether. “The idea that people should have skin in the game kind of doesn’t work when you’re also playing with your neighbour’s skin,” says Wendy Parmet, a professor of public-health law at Northeastern University. Some insurers, as in Illinois or in California, insist that patients will not be made to pay for testing. But as yet there is no such policy at national level.
以上段落摘自The Economist 3月14日这一期United States板块的一篇文章,请问上述黄色底色的这话表达的是什么意思?谢谢
附查自the freedictionary.com的短语have skin in the game的含义:
have skin in the game
To have a personal investment, usually monetary, in the pursuit of some goal or achievement, especially in business and finance. eg:If you want to find a company that is truly motivated to succeed, find one where all the executives have skin in the game.
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