Health and Insurance

Abstract

Some people cannot afford to pay for care. Bereft of entitlements and claims, they fall back upon the safety-net residualism of private charities, factory nurses, altruistic practitioners and public clinics. The concomitant of free treatment is often stigma and lack of courtesy, the care itself is often rushed and second-rate, but at least the indigent are granted access to trained personnel and specialised facilities. Denied such access, they attempt to treat themselves with a poultice or an aspirin, or they rely on the body to heal itself of its own accord. In the limit, they die.