While most of us look at ourselves and our family when it comes to being healthy, some also look to the overall health of the nation. It seems that cancer and other diseases like diabetes are heavily on the rise. When this happens people do not realize that this will affect them. It can affect them in many ways. The biggest way is that it will more than likely be a cause of health care prices to increase. As an example, you may notice this more that when an area in the US is struck by a major storm or disaster that home and auto insurance rates may go up. Not because you were affected by the storm or issue, but just because many people needed to pull money from the insurance system. This will then cause companies to raise their rates. The same goes for health care. As people tend to pull more money from the system for coverage, you will see a rise or increase in many costs when it comes to health related items. You could say that we are all in this together. So remember these basic points the next time you decide how important the health of others is to you.