health insurance

Growing up I never understood how people could live day to day without health insurance. Now, being twenty and without it, I feel almost helpless. I need to go to the doctor, but I don't have the $80 for a 15 minute doctor's visit. Nor the money to have a prescription filled. So now all I'm doing is riding this out, hoping my fevers don't get to high, or that I get worse. I'll have to cure myself with DayQuil, Nyquil, Vitamin C, and bed rest. What else more am I to do?