Why Do You Need Health Insurance?

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-insurance/articles/2013/08/16/why-do-i-need-health-insurance

With the Affordable Care Act mandating that most Americans purchase health insurance beginning in 2014, some people -- especially those who are young or healthy -- are questioning why they need coverage at all.

"Like auto insurance, health insurance is a service you pay for but hope you will never need. It's there for the unpredictable, unexpected and fundamentally uncontrollable problems that come up in people's lives," said Dr. Molly Cooke, a practicing internist who is president of the American College of Physicians and a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

while you are thinking "not me" then when it happens are saying "why me" and your ailment is saying "why not you?"  thinking you are young and invulnerable is standard maturing in it's early stages, ah crap is the middle stages, better get insurance final stages hope it's not to late to alter your fate.

Most consumers want and value health insurance, but they can't afford the coverage or have been shut out from the marketplace because they have pre-existing medical conditions, according to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation. "That's about to change because the law includes new options to make health coverage more affordable and you can't be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition," said Jenny Sullivan, director of Enroll America's Best Practices Institute.

don't continue to be fooled by republican misinformation first ask your self how can affordable care, no pre-condition and lower rates and 30 million + Americans for the first time won't have to depend on tax dollars to provide health care for them be an abomination those who would part their lips to say such a thing are an abomination and they are republican pooliticians and their voters, how un American them

the right wing solution if you let them repeal this;

You may have trouble getting follow-up care

Hospital emergency departments traditionally care for patients with urgent needs, such as broken bones or head injuries stemming from an accident, regardless of their ability to pay. "But your ability to get necessary follow-up care, rehab care or whatever service you need to get back as much full function as possible is going to require coverage or a fair amount of money," said Ellen Pryga, director of policy for the American Hospital Association.

 and their motto, G W Bush "you can fool some of the people all of the time and those are the ones you want to concentrate on".