Insurance plans

I have family & friends that live in North Carolina. Some are in the military, so I know their health insurance is fine. But some friends went for awhile between jobs where they have no insurance. I'm sure that they had gotten some NC short term health insurance, until their primary insurance took effect. We had to go for awhile without insurance & I think I prayed everyday that we would be ket safe & well, so there would be zero medical bills. And thankfully we were just fine.