Because making people dependent on others is not taking care of them. It is spreading the burden on tax payers. "Affordable Healthcare" by democratic definition is a socialist agenda which leads to less qualified doctors and poorer overall health care quality. These "livable" wages you speak of are not meant to be lived upon. You make it sound like there are two classes - the rich and poor. There is a middle working class - like myself and many others - that have to now fund this socialist agenda. Socialism has failed again, and again, and again.. so why are people going for it AGAIN? If you want socialism, go to Venezuela and eat trash like their populous.
Russia, China, and India nearly destroyed their countries under socialism - you know capitalism salvaged most of their economies right? Probably don't teach that in school because it goes against the socialist narrative - but look it up.