My life totally change when I got ill and was forced to resign from a full-time job. The pay was good but very stressful. I thought, yah, right. Now I can take a break.     And what a break it was. My big hospital doctor and  my family physician (FP) both  discouraged me from leaving my job. Both were worried that since I was quite ill,   the more I needed  to work. What or who is going to answer  my medical bills? If someone depends on you financially, the likelihood is that you need insurance. Whether it is health,  life or   business insurance   it is a financial resource.      Having left my regular employee arrangement, I managed to convince my bosses  that they continue paying for my health insurance benefit in exchange for part time work.  Reduced work load  gave me time that I needed to attend to my illness. And it took a year before I completed all the necessary tests to give a conclusive medical prognosis.  Thanks to my health care insurance I didn’t have to worry about payin...