Don't Have Health Insurance? Here's How to Get Health Care Anyway

The article about not having Health Insurance there was a lot i didn't know My wife just suffered A Massive Stroke back in 2/3/11 and because we didn't have ins. we we're turned away for help on her speech theraphy and we have filed for medicade and S.S.I. and well that takes time it took a long time to get mine and i have a Bullet on my spine another story there But! This is about My Wife We Need all the help we can get so yes I'm very Honored to Rate This Article a 100%+

Good suggestions but they don't work well for a caregiver. I have not been to a doctor since my husband's stroke almost 3 years ago. Who will stay with him while I sit for an hour in the waiting room? (actually I did go one time. It cost me $32 for a nurse and I had to leave without seeing the doctor because the wait was so long.) If I get some time off I am sure not spending hours of my precious time in a doctor's waiting room. And I can't afford any treatment or procedure that will make me feel too unwell to change diapers, get food, lift and turn my husband -- so forget the colonoscopy, surgery major or minor, chemo if needed -- completely out of the question. So why bother going at all? Any suggestions for the caregivers? I just hope for the best.

This is great for low income, but what about a person whose company discountinued coverage one week and the employee was rushed to the hospital the next week with an unknowned brain tumor? This person is now uninsurable with a pre-existing condition. That was 4 years ago and still has not had the needed surgery.

These are great suggestions. They can work for young and old.