well, he's kind of right there. i don't want it to sound like we're "milking" the government or anything, but we currently have medicaid for our insurance because we can't afford anything else. my job doesn't offer insurance and the cost for private insurance plus co-pays for our family costs more than i make each month. without insurance his doctors visits and medications (and our sons) would be several thousand dollars a month, so if he takes a job making minimum wage and doesn't have benefits, ALL of his income, plus some of mine would go to paying for our insurance and then we'd still have to pay for childcare. So it is important that he gets a job where he has benefits. but i wish he'd try a little harder.