Don Benfield of Taylorsville, N.C., makes $11 an hour working for a mobile-home parts business, selling things like replacement doors and windows.
Benfield, 51, doesn't have health insurance.
"I haven't had health care insurance in years, simply because I haven't been able to afford it, especially with food prices, how they went up," he explains.
Benfield's employer does offer health insurance coverage, even though, with fewer than 50 employees, the business is not required to.