<prompt> Human: I am a 22 year old female living in Alabama. My parents have never been much help to me, financially especially. I work at a local restaurant that doesnt offer benefits and dont have much expendable income. I am also in school part time. I have been able to avoid the doctor since I was 19, but I am coming to terms with the fact that I need a check up and some visits to a gynecologist at some point. Any time I am sick I just ride it out. I also have severe asthma and could use an inhaler prescription. But this is besides the point. Insurance plans I am looking at cost around 300month which is completely un-doable for me. How are people my age going to see health professionals? I am at a loss.  <response>: Alabama makes things harder. Southern states decided to not let their own citizens have their health care paid for by the federal government as some sort of misguided F U to Obama, as if killing their own people and saving the federal government money hurts the feds more than it hurts their citizens...But I digress.You should see what options are available to you on healthcare.gov during the next open enrollment period presuming it still exists by then. The options wont be as good as in states that accepted expanded medicare, but they can still subsidize a lot of your premiums.You said youre in school, lots of times schools offer health insurance plans for students. You can look into that.If you have gyno issues, Planned Parenthood may be able to help you. They get a bad name due to anti-abortion people, but they are a fantastic organization that provides essential healthcare for women in need. My sister had a problem with her ovary that could have killed her and they saved her life for free. There may also be other free clinics available in your area as well.Health care in this country can be really awful, but there are a lot of options out there if you need them. 