Society has deluded us into fearing the loss or lack of what has become ‘health insurance’ will result in folks dying in the streets. Harken back to the hyperbolic run-up to the ACA/Ob-Care. Truth be told Health Insurance gained a foothold as an untaxed fringe benefit during the high tax periods during and after WWII. When rates were as high as 94% in the late ‘40s then hovering around 70% in the 1950s, corporations used it as part of an incentive package that couldn’t be dinged by the IRS. Prior to this we paid what is now the ‘out of pocket rate’ and were incentivized to make healthy choices in our day to day lives. Now the Government-run healthcare system tells people to eat really bad cheap food and take lots of expensive meds which in-turn lines the corporate pockets of the companies that financed the very elected servants that created and approved the aforementioned ACA…see: Self-Licking-Ice-Cream-Cone. Fortunately we have several great options today. First, DO NOT follow the USDA/FDA dietary recommendations, they were created to hide inflation and payoff corporations. Second, ditch these scam health insurances that include massages and fat shots, instead purchase a ‘catastrophic care’ policy for when the shit really hits the fan and you NEED a Doc. Alternatively, consider one of the newer entrants to the space such as @CrowdHealth (not sponsored, just read about them). Third, find a doc that’s honest and doesn’t blindly google your symptoms then write a prescription…sometimes we need to be told to stop with the twinkies. Last and I believe most important, know the person that grows your food. Grossry stores (sp. intended) can hide crap food through the layers and before you say local food is too expensive, how much are you spending on that health insurance?