We both work hard and pay our fair share of taxes, but we are self-employed and can't get insurance because of pre-existing conditions. We will not ever be able to get insurance until we are eligible for medicare, unless the US gets universal health care.

And as I said in another thread, even those who think they have good insurance are finding that their insurance won't cover catastrophic illnesses.

This is because the insurance companies are beholden to their bottom line, and they make their profits by withholding care, not providing it.