One of the most important concerns any family has is of the health of their family, friends, and neighbors. But in a situation of economic collapse, rising unemployment, a decline in government services, and rising health care costs, it may be necessary for homeowners to survive on their own with a lower standard of medical services.
As we all witnessed with the Hurricane Katrina crisis in New Orleans, government welfare programs, in the event of a disaster, will more than cease to exist. Worse than that, people already receiving government welfare will use up the remaining resources in a few hours and then the bureaucrats in the region of the emergency will protect their own friends and family long before they offer assistance to the other residents.
It is these kinds of crises that most people are just not ready for, whether in terms of having extra over the counter medicine at home or some extra bandages in case there is an accident. With the trend in the nation of government taking over more and more services and economic sectors by the day, people relying fully on these services will be truly out of luck if they cease to exist due to economic or natural crises.