That many uninsured women here in Texas?!

Dave Mann of the Texas Observer, wrote an article about how women are more likely to be uninsured. It is appalling how many Texas women are uninsured, we have the highest rate in the country of uninsured women which is just unacceptable and nothing to be proud of. 28% of women in Texas do not have insurance, and what's even worse, 52% of low income women lack health insurance. Health insurance is something that everyone needs, no one likes to pay a couple of thousand dollars just to visit the emergency room. Hopefully a new health care reform can fix things, I don't really understand why health care is not free in our country really. Countries like Canada and France do not pay a dime for their health care and yet they are still alive and doing well, why is it that one of the wealthiest countries in the world cannot even cover health care for their citizens?