There is more to the American Dream than just a house with a white picket fence and two cars in the driveway. The dream also includes having health insurance. Research indicates that health insurance leads to improved health, better access to care, greater financial security, and longer life. Individuals intuitively understand they are disadvantaged without access to healthcare. They are concerned about their health, finances, and even whether their lifespan will be decreased. As mentioned previously, the U.S. is the only industrialized country that does not provide healthcare to all citizens. This is due to a core belief system that believes in the value of independence and that healthcare is a privilege and not a right. This belief is a limiting factor for many Americans because without healthcare insurance, it creates hardships and health issues. Those without healthcare are the working poor — those who make too much income to qualify for Medicaid and not enough to purchase health insurance from the marketplace. Examples of the working poor include cashiers, cooks, nurses’ aides, waiters and waitresses, and janitors. One of the proposals included in recent healthcare policy revisions is to expand Medicaid to include the near poor. Not everyone agrees with this policy idea. In 2014, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker suggested that denying health coverage to additional low-income Americans helps more people “live the American Dream” because they won’t be “dependent on the American government.” His idea is that it will be better to help Americans get jobs so they can afford health insurance. The issue is that two-thirds of those who will benefit from Medicaid expansion are already working. They just need better paying jobs.