The irony behind Health care works and insurance

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Working in the health care field is a rewarding job. Only in the sense that you are making a difference in someone's life. If you are in it for the money, then you need to become a travel nurse or a degreed professional. One thing I have always found ironic in my 7 years in this field is that most health care workers either do not have insurance coverage or they pay way too much for insurance coverage. I have not had insurance since I graduated college 8 years ago. And it is a scary thought that all it would take is one bad accident and my whole life I could be paying back a bill due to this irony. I know in hospitals the insurance coverage is better, but that is only if you use their hospital and you are receiving an employee discount. But with nursing home residencies on the rise most health care workers (Nurses, CNAs, Medicine Techs, etc.) work in this type of setting. My current employer told me that I could not join the group plan because I did not sign up during my 90 day period when first hired. I either have to change my stauts (cut hours, or get married) or wait for "open-enrollment". And mind you they have not had "open-enrollment" since before I began working there. I know that this is illegal in some way because I know employers are supposed to offer insurance to employees. The only reason I have not checked into this is because the plan is expensive and has bad coverage. I just thought I'd share my thoughts on this ironic situation. Think about it, the people who take care of you and/or your loved ones may not have coverage to take care of themselves. Just think if everyone had affrodable coverage maybe people would not come to work sick and spread it on. How novel of an idea.