You know you don't want to think about it, but it is a staggering possibility that
you might be in an enormous quandary if you don't have proper health insurance and today's economy environment is not making things any easier. The country is going through an economic recession that hasn't been seen in decades and health insurance is the first thing to take the hit. Many people are not insured and most people do not even know if their friends and neighbors even have health insurance. Most people believe that it is lazy people who are stealing tax dollars to have their medical bills paid for them but it is a lot more complicated than that.
The problem goes a lot further than that. Most of those uninsured people are just like everyone who does a day's worth of work and goes home to the family and fall victim to the economic downturn and are suddenly with a wife and children and no insurance to fall back on in case of a family emergency.
People who are uninsured are just like you. They are people who were laid off from their jobs due to the recession and simply can't afford the bills that come with health care. They have to decide on food for their family or gamble on the fact that they may or may not need health insurance and hope that their health holds out.
Those people are taking a gamble that can cost them their future because not having insurance is going to be the ruin of their entire financial future. People might not like to think about possible changes to the insurance industry but it is happening and it is not going to change any time soon.
People without heath insurance do not brag about it, but they are out there wondering who is going to pay for them if they get into an accident or if something goes wrong with one of their loved ones. The pain isn't on the sleeves of their shirt, but it is on the inside.