You haven't been in Iowa, have you. I have friends who were denied the ER because they couldn't pay or have insurance. Friends and family only helps if they have money and in a better financial shape than yourself, and in my case they aren't. Also you still have to pay for insurance which I can't afford. Even full time, $7 doesn't pay all my base bills.
If you tell me to get a better job, THERE ISN'T ONE IN AMES, IOWA. Also, I can't afford to move. Plain and simple, B5C, the capitialistic society that is the US doesn't give a shat about the lower class. That is the same hospitals and doctors for they are just a bunch of money grabbing SOBs that rather use a scalpel to cut open your wallet than save your life.