> The reality is that if you are a halfway competent worker, and you move to a populated area, you can pretty easily find a job with health insurance. This is

> The reality is that if you are a halfway competent worker, and you move to a populated area, you can pretty easily find a job with health insurance. This is absolutely true, especially for tech workers but doesn't it concern you that you need to be a cog in the machine to get this benefit? If you want to work for yourself ("the American dream") you either have to risk having no insurance or pay $700+ a month for baseline coverage for 1 person (price varies by state). There was even a time a few years ago where you had to pay a federal penalty if you didn't have medical insurance. I forgot the exact year, maybe it was 2016 or so but I remember the government forcing me to pay around ~$3,000 for literally not having insurance.