Yeah, and I live in a state where health insurance is required, but they still don't just provide it. They fine you on your taxes if you don't get it. (Don't even ask me how the tax forms work.)

I'd love to be able to organize my life so that I only work when I'm broke, and have long stretches where I just don't work and do what pleases me. But the health insurance thing is what makes it hard for me to do that: even with COBRA, my policy would cost more than half my rent every month. (Without COBRA, I am sure I would get turned down for sneezing the wrong way one time.)