Many American's are experiencing for perhaps the first time in their lives the pain of living a life without insurance
. For many people, they really don't appreciate what having health insurance affords them. It offers a peace of mind in knowing that if there is something wrong with you or a member of your family that you can take them to the doctor or to the emergency room without hesitation.
Most people don't really realize the freedom that this affords them that is until they no longer have an insurance policy in place. Without health insurance you don't run to the doctor or the hospital you merely wait and hope the health issues go away on their own. You medicate with whatever you can pick up over the counter and hope for the best. Sometimes the problems do subside but sometimes the symptoms just temporarily subside and lead to bigger problems down the road.
You see without health insurance you don't go for routine visits or well care, you simply hold off going to the doctor until you can wait no longer. This means allowing diseases to run rampant throughout your body. No early diagnosis for cancer. No quick resolve for issues like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes.
With so many advancements in technology and modern medicine and people are still dropping off from diseases that have cures. They are doing so not because they live in an impoverished country, as a matter of fact they live in the U.S. one of the wealthiest and most advanced countries in the world. How could this be?
The benefits of having health insurance coverage for everyone can not be counted. They provide people with some very basic human rights that should be afforded to all citizens. Having health insurance may be providing you with peace of mind and basic health care resources that are essential for a better quality of life. The next time you go for a checkup or fill a prescription think about all those who are suffering today and can't find or afford the medical care that they need and deserve. Health insurance can be the difference between seeing your grandchildren grow up or leaving your child motherless at a young age.