Written by Ana Nieto and edited by Ivo TomasiniLately, it seems that the health insurance issue keeps popping up during conversations with friends and business colleagues. It’s funny how as a child I always thought insurance was free. Even in my early adult years while living in Spain and working as a nurse I was conditioned into believing that it was all somehow freely accessible without any financial burden on me or society. Later on, after moving to the United States, everything changed; I suddenly had no health insurance, so by the suggestion of family and friends, I held on to my Spanish Social Security Card “just in case” I needed some sudden medical help. I remember them saying, “It’ll be much more expensive in the U.S. than in Spain”. Read More