It is still possible to pay cash for medical services.
The risk is a catastrophic illness might wipe you our. I, for years carried a policy with a very high deductible to insure against that happening. Fortunately, I never used it.
I am now in medicare but it much better for me to pay the additional rather than carry the medi-gap insurance...
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