I just feel lucky. I am not resentful. But, I don't know how to fix the problem any differently. I guess I am also lucky that I live in a state where 98-99% of the people have coverage. What I have found is that there are some people, usually in a "low risk" category, as far as their health goes, who have chosen to not get insurance through the Mass Health Connector and they basically just pray they don't get sick. These are people who are working, usually in their 20s-30s, in no benefits jobs. They don't want to pay for the 200.00-300.00 a month for a moderate coverage plan. They can afford it, but it eats into their disposable income. My son was in this position. We insisted he pay for insurance, and then after 3 years, he let it lapse. For 2 years, he had no coverage and he did have 2 medical things where he ended up paying a good amount out of his pocket. These weren't life threatening things, but, you can see how it could have easily snowballed. Believe me, benefits were a very big part of his decisions in taking the next job, and the one he just got in November. His wife's employer offers terrible benefits and she finally went on his plan. I am not sure what her reasoning was not to do it in the first place, but they are starting to think about maybe having kids and she's been going to the doctor, doing proactive things, now that she has insurance.
This shouldn't vary so much from state to state, but I am not going to get into the political aspect of it.