Here I go... about to be pushed off a cliff, (or to fall through the cracks). I'm about to forgo the safety net of health care insurance due to a pre-existing medical condition that has made obtaining a affordable version impossible. More on that later.
First let's get some facts on the table.
Our multi-payer privatized health care insurance 'system' wasn't designed to provide coverage for all of us. In fact, it wasn't 'designed' at all.
The US is the only major wealthy developed country without a public health insurance program for all of its citizens.