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Originally Posted by miko
Probably because she's never needed it.
Do you know how poor some of us would be without insurance?
And how poor some people are because they didn't have insurance?
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Seriously.
My brother was diagnosed with a brain tumor when he was 15, and had to have major surgery in order for them to biopsy said tumor; while they were biopsying they decided they could remove it, and did so. Bro is fine now. But major brain surgery does not come cheap--neither do the two doctors who worked on the surgery (one to operate the computer assisting in the surgery, the other to do the surgery, this article has more info:
http://www.ohsu.edu/unparchive/2001/040401dch.html) or the anesthesiologist or the rest of the surgical team.
If we had not had health insurance, we would have had to find some way to pay almost half a million dollars out of pocket, after all was said and done. The surgeon's fee alone was $50,000. I am incredibly thankful that we did. All told, the insurance company paid for everything without batting an eye.