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For those Americans who can't afford private health insurance, life-saving (and expensive) heart disease treatment is less likely to be provided, even when it is a life or death situation.

MSN Health reports that "a new U.S. study finds that black Medicare patients who have a heart attack are less likely than whites to get procedures that open their blood vessels, such as angioplasty, which can leave them more vulnerable to dying within a year."

However, this sad conclusion isn't all that surprising when situated alongside all of the other data that suggests that it's downright dangerous not to have some form of private health insurance. For those who only have public coverage, like Medicare and Medicaid, treatment can be slow and less sophisticated that that received under private coverage. But for those who have no coverage at all, there's a real danger of both long-term disease, and medical debt.

The best thing anyone can do for access to heart disease treatment, diabetes, cancer, and more is to have some form of medical coverage, and preferably private health insurance. Shopping around aggressively for the best possible deal can help to pinpoint the coverage you can afford that will best protect you, and your loved ones, in a time of need.