There are many people who are not covered, and who cannot get coverage. JtS and I are two of them. We have pre-existing conditions (one of which is our age), and we are self-employed. So no insurance company is willing to insure us for an amount that we can afford, and we don't have access to employer based coverage. I feel quite confident that the amount we would have to pay is many thousands of dollars per year more than what the person in this thread who is questioning the existence of people who can't get coverage is paying for their insurance. Our state does not have any program that helps people who can't get coverage. Most states do not have any such programs.

And there are millions of other people who are in exactly the same situation as we are. 45,000 of them are dying every year for lack of access to medical care.