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No you're making an assumption that things wouldn't have been different had he had insurance.
No, he couldn't afford to take time off. So he worked, undiagnosed but ill, until he was unable to continue working.
If he had health insurance his doctor could have diagnosed the flu and not just a seasonal cold, prescribed medication, given him a note for his employer so he wouldn't lose his position, told him to get bed rest. He probably wouldn't have gotten pneumonia.
All I am hearing is that you are blaming his needing to take several days and a doctor visit from work on his refusal to do the intelligent thing and rest for a day or two when he initially got sick.
That's because it sounds like he's either a stubborn man with a superhero complex or he's an idiot. I will not make any more conjecture as to which.