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... which I interpret to mean get away without "health insurance". That doesn't mean that group never has heath problems, it means if they're healthy (i.e., young people with no major conditions) they don't buy insurance. Whether they end up being "freeloaders" or not is a matter of statistics. Statistically, some of those people will get seriously ill, have accidents, and/or develop a major medical condition like diabetes or high blood pressure and be unable to pay for treatment out-of-pocket.
If a healthy person can "get away without" something, I don't see how this means anything other than they don't need it, especially when it's put in contrast with someone who's sick and does need it. If they don't need it, it's because they don't have anything they need paid for, and if they have nothing they need paid for, then they're not "freeloading" in any sense.
That sentence does not say "get away without it" in the sense that they're "freeloaders."