Criminal of Poverty...and Health Care!

I have read barely about the first half of Criminal of Poverty, but what I have felt most strongly so far is that the U.S. needs health care for sure. Especially because of the homeless and the lower-income population. Reading the book I felt many of those in the book might have led a better-quality life if they had benefited from a government-supported health care. I am from a country with a national health care myself, and have no fear whenever I get sick, however big the disease/problem is. If I caught cold, I would have to pay around 3 dollars only to see a doctor and get a prescription. If I caught cancer, I would have to pay a lot more but still I would not have to make my family go bankrupt. But coming here I needed to pay for an expensive health insurance, and was always afraid whenever I caught cold or whatnot, because I wasn't sure about what process I had to go through to use the benefits and how much I had to pay. Every single time I ended up not seeing a doctor and instead taking a DayQuil or Advil. I am pretty sure it will be a lot more problematic when homeless people get sick. I'm sure they won't even have chance to get a surgery if they become in need of one. Same for people from lower-income families, like Mr. Rodriguez in the book who had to kill himself to save his wife from going broke and homeless when he was diagnosed with cancer. This country indeed needs health care for the sake of the homeless and lower-income population.