True the system is far more broken than just equating health care with medical insurance but people need to understand the basics before you can move on to the complexities and explain in more detail. The news has it programmed in peoples minds that the two are one in the same and they are not.
A person can get treated without any money or insurance at the county hospital here at Ben Taub Hospital, the wait in the emergency room is quite lengthy, but that is because people use it as their "family doctor" in some cases rather than the free clinics in the different community areas of the city.
There is medical care available for sure, even for the most financially challenged person, and good care at that.
The expense is the real issue that needs to be addressed, both on the care side and the insurance side. The explaining of that will come in a future daily dose.