I was without health insurance for most of my twenties. I worked as an independent contractor for a small, woman-owned company that unfortunately, like so many small businesses, didn’t offer health insurance. Overall, I was very lucky in the sense that I did not have any major medical emergencies and was fairly healthy overall. Despite being in good health, being uninsured meant forgoing annual preventative health exams and many times was forced to ask friends if they had left over antibiotics for when I would get the occasional sinus infection. While I was able to “manage,” no one should...