Bluntly, the huge majority of people who “can’t afford health insurance” of any kind at any level have simply made other choices. They need to:
1) turn off all the devices that don’t need to be on (save money on electricity),
2) drive less,
3) eat at home, simply, no fast food, don’t buy expensive prepared meals from the freezer section, buy basic foods and prepare meals to a menu,
4) turn in their cell phones back to the phone company and cancel the plan (paying the turn off fee if they must… they’ll still save money),
5) cancel satellite or cable tv plan (you can live without tv if your antenna doesn’t work… really),
6) cancel internet service (use the library for “research” and email, listen to the radio for news),
7) run the air conditioning in your home or apartment much less, or don’t use it at all, like the rest of humanity for all of human history,
8) give the expensive car back to the loan company, or better yet, don’t buy it to start with… drive a simple, reliable, middle aged car, and as little as possible,
9) knock off the “dollar here”, “dollar there” expenditures on soda, coffee, etc.
10) refuse to buy gadgets, trinkets, techno toys, designer clothes and shoes, etc.
11) review all the ways they spend money, and impose some budget discipline, not spending on anything that isn’t really essential.
12) maybe consider getting a job, if they don’t have one, and are able.
This sort of thing used to be taught in economics courses in high school, both “regular” economics and “home” economics.
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