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I went without health insurance until 'Roger & Me,' basically - from about age 20 till about age 35. With 'Roger & Me,' I joined the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild, and since then I've had excellent health care managed by the union.

— Michael Moore

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

For many years I didn't have health insurance.

— Chad Harbach

There are so many choices I made simply for health insurance. Is it the ideal role I wanted to play, or the TV show I wanted to be a part of? No, but it let me afford to go to the doctor.

— Amy Ryan

Before Medicare, nearly half of American seniors were forced to go without coverage because insurance companies were reluctant to insure them - making the chances of having health insurance as a senior the same as getting tails on a coin flip.

— John B. Larson

Health care does not worry me a great deal. I've been impressed by some wonderful old people.

— Graham Chapman

In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before.

— Christine Gregoire

I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care.

— Ron Paul

I worked in an insurance office for six years, and it was there that I just woke up one day and realised there was something massively lacking in my life, and a non-contributory pension and a subsidised canteen could not fill it.

— Jamie Sives

I received free health care.

— J. K. Rowling

✗Opposing Perspectives

If there ever is government-run health care, the first ones to sign up should be the president and every member of Congress, including myself. You should be able to keep the insurance you've got today, if you like it, and always choose your own doctor.

— Mike Ross

I spent 28 years working in healthcare. I thought I'd retired from non-profit community health care.

— Glenn Thompson