Many do so because they don't have a choice - they cannot afford it. Even if they can scrape together enough money to pay $10,000+ annually in premiums, that d

Many do so because they don't have a choice - they cannot afford it. Even if they can scrape together enough money to pay $10,000+ annually in premiums, that doesn't account for the $5,000+ deductible they have to pay out of pocket before insurance starts paying (some!) of the costs. Most Working people cannot afford to shell out $15,000 a year - it isn't a matter of choice. This is yet another stain on our country when, per capita, we already spend far more than ever other nation in the world - many of whom have universal healthcare and all of whom have far better national health and longer lifespans than we do here in the USA. We are below Costa Rica, Chile, and Slovenia in lifespan - 31st globally! One of just many reasons people are sick on tired of the neo-liberal garbage rhetoric spewed by the criminals in Washington DC (and why they are willing to vote for against them no matter how corrupt or despicable the "outsider" is).