I second the "maintenance is cheaper than repair". If you neglect your health now, and buy into health insurance later, you're asking future me to bear higher premiums and everyone is worse off - you and others. As one of your fellow countrymen presently footing the bill (in that I'm paying taxes and I have good health insurance with no subsidy), I assure you that helping get you covered is no skin off my back.

"But I just can't stomach the idea of taking money away from other people to pay for my own personal problems."

If you're found unconscious somewhere because of an untreated ailment, the "cost to other people for paying to for your own personal problems" will be dramatically higher. If you're conscious, you could maybe refuse emergency assistance, though I'd encourage you not to.

If you really need to make it up to your fellow citizens, meet your civic responsibilities: put thought and research into voting, serve - honestly and intelligently - on juries when called, etc. We ask some of you, it's fair for you to take what you're given without being exploitative.