My point exactly! Why is that different today?
Many People have been programmed to beleive that they are owed many things. Personal responsibility is a thing of the past because the Governemnt owes it to you to take care of you. I was brought up to be self sufficent and also I beleive in a strong family unit. I do not want anything from anyone I just want to be left to my own devices :)
My parents never had health insurance while I lived with them. My first health insurance started in 1968, (42 years ago) when I started my first job after graduation from college.
For my family coverage, (I paid half the premium), I had withheld from my salary about 2% of my gross pay ($13.89/mo. Yes! I made the “rich” salary of $700/ mo.), indicating a total gross premium of about 4% of a new college graduate's pay. Total monthly cost $27.78 (Blue Cross-Blue Shield) that paid almost 100% of everything, including drugs, with a very low or no deductible or co-pay.
I've been retired for 12 years now, and pay 100% of my monthly premium. Single plan. (Widower, children on their own for a long time now.)
Costs $717.16/month. Does not include any drug cost (drug costs alone today run over 10 times the total cost of my health insurance back then), 20% co-pay, $500 deductible. That's 46.3% of my income (social security only, since my invested capital has made nothing since obama was elected.)