That's the whole reason you have savings in the first place. Why is this a "coping" mechanism? It's the raison d' etre for saving money in the first place. It's stupid to say people can't raise $2,000 unless they cope by dipping into savings.
If you're able to save money, be sure to save for different needs: long-term (kids' college, retirement), intermediate-term (house down payment, car down payment), and short-term (roof leaks, crowns on your teeth, back-to-school expenses, layoffs from work).
That’s exactly what savings are for.......emergencies. Otherwise why have them?
But saying that I know a whole lotta people who would have trouble coming up with an extra couple of hundreds.