Who has stayed in a job just for health coverage?

[katinmn]

This has been the hardest thing to deal with when considering whether to leave a job or stay and suffer. I have twice took the risk and left jobs to go on and do something more challenging. Both times I lived without health coverage for some months (and fortunately stayed healthy).

I think that the health system in the U.S. keeps us obediant slaves to the corporate interests that run the government and control the media, and limit our ability to affect change within our workplaces.

In 2000 I interviewed a general MD, a family practitioner, in Minneapolis who had dropped out of the insurance game as well as Medicare, and operated a straight pay as you go clinic.

I want to do a follow up and am wondering if anyone on DU has experience with any such clinics. Thanks.