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The survey also found that men with low incomes or no health insurance were even less likely to see doctors, Stuart Miller, 42, a free-lance writer and single father from Vienna, Va., said he insists on good care for his 12-year-old son, but he often just lives with his own bouts of pain and illness because he has no insurance. ``I can feel in my body that there are things wrong, but I don't dare go to the doctor because of the expense involved,'' he said.Miller said that even if he could afford it, he and many men only get medical help when money or a job is at stake. ``You go to the doctor to get fixed so you can go back to work again,'' he said. ``You don't go to the doctor because you want to take care of yourself.'' = On the Net: U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's men's health information page: http://www.healthfinder.gov/justforyou/men