How many of you do not have health insurance of any kind?

Question

please tell me why, i am majoring in health administration and need to know this to better understand the situation this country is facing(the U.S.).

filthybingedrinker you are ignorant and your question did not amuse the queen.

Answer 1

i have

Answer 2

I recieve health insurance assistance from the state for my daughter and I. My job offers health benefits, but they are very expensive and do not offer very good coverage. I think this is a problem for many people. And what's worse, there are a lot of people who are just above the poverty bracket so they cannot recieve any assistance but cannot afford health benefits or the deductible if they were to go to the hospital for anything.
Not only that, our country is majorly lacking in job availability, which makes it difficult for people who are below the poverty level to find new work if they lose their job or to find better work. Hopefully a new president will help to fix these problems.

Answer 3

No I do not have health insurance, because I work for an individual and I do not feel the need to get it on my own. I have changed my diet and take organic vitamins...I have not needed to go to the doctors for three years now.
Now if I get in an accident...yeah I am screwed, but I will just take up a collection on Y!Answers if that ever happens LOL (kidding)

Answer 4

I don't have health insurance but that is just because im in college and cant afford to pay for school, rent, auto insurance, bills, living expenses, and health insurance right now. But I do use the student health center!

Answer 5

Me. When I got a divorce one of the stipulations was that he let me keep our health insurance. He flaked, and BC/BS wouldn't take me back because of pre-existing conditions. So I'm SOL. I've put off a lot of health things because nobody will take me, or if they do they charge an arm and a leg which I can't afford right now. I'm waiting for my husband's insurance to kick in at his new job.

Sucks.

Answer 6

I DON'T AND AM 46 YEARS OLD!! i cannot get medical because of my age! and have to use indigent insurance to go to emergency rooms when i have medical problems! and i a munemplyed also, and cannot afford blue cross! this country needs people in office that will address the insurance problems of the indigent so they can get quality medical and dental care in america, which is supposed to be the richest nation on gods earth!! yet ignores the plight of the poor!!

Answer 7

I was covered but not anymore at the moment. I have to wait until open enrollment come back around at my job before I can apply. I tried putting it off because it is very expensive, and the deductible is rather outrageous. But overall, it is alot cheaper then paying thousands of dollars.

Answer 8

I dont and never have had health insurance (Im 20 years old). Insurance is just too expensive.

Answer 9

we have it...double coverage. one through the military and one through my husbands work. It is a must! We have kids and my hubby got a kidney disease from the military. We could not do without it.

There are several people that I know that do not have insurance b/c it is too expensive.

Answer 10

no, I am "in between jobs" at the moment, but I try really hard to get a job with insurance, I am diabetic and the meds are expensive.

Answer 11

i have it, but it didn't for a while because it was just too expensive. almost $100 a week for a family of three? that's ridiculous