We Asked Young People Why They're Dropping Their Health Insurance

"It ended up being around $10,000 and none of it was covered so I'd had this basic hospital and extras cover for $1,300 a year plus $750 excess that didn't help at all."Her parents paid for the surgery as Stephens was studying at the time and couldn't afford it."I'm lucky that I am privileged enough to have parents who could pay because if I didn't, I would have been screwed," she said."It is crazy to me, especially with something like endometriosis that 1 in 10 women have, that this common thing isn't covered by private health insurance properly."For some people with endo there is a spectre of future issues like fertility issues and chronic pain, and the gravity involved in those situations means there should be something that makes it a bit easier."Stephens cancelled her health insurance earlier this year."I'm scratching my head wondering why I kept paying for it."Brisbane lawyer Thomas Paver grew up believing everyone needed private health insurance."My family has always had some sort of private health insurance because my brother has a high needs disability and my dad has had health problems, so there was always a mentality when I was younger that 'you really need to make sure you have it'," the 25-year-old told BuzzFeed News.