You can pay $120 to see a doctor without insurance.
She put it off to put her daughter in college.
Honestly, most people can't see a stroke coming. You're fine, then *bam*! - you're toast. If she had no risk factors, even a good doctor would've missed it.
And how many healthy people go to the doctor regularly? Yes, we get our colons checked out at 50 and breasts at 40 and the annual "girl" check-up, but other than that, we take the approach that if it ain't broke don't fix it.