Living like this would imply living without a car(?) and more geographically spread out, less connected/more insular lives, with less money to pay for health in

Living like this would imply living without a car(?) and more geographically spread out, less connected/more insular lives, with less money to pay for health insurance. I suppose it depends on how you interpret the parents "If we lived like they did". I don't think its reasonable to spin out a scenario where healthcare would be better, because all the elements of supplying healthcare become harder. I don't think it would necessarily be worse overall though.