Subj : From Forbes.com To : EARL CROASMUN From : BOB KLAHN Date : Wed Dec 11 1985 03:26 pm Not only was this cross posted to Debate, but it is duplicated here. >> I found this on Forbes.com. Isn't Forbes published by one of >> Jeff Binkley's buddies? >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Forbes >> 9/29/2013 @ 12:45PM |17,604 views >> Let's Get Personal: Obamacare Really Is Good For The Young And >> Healthy EC> Here's the short version: someone named Todd Essig thinks EC> that young adults should have insurance so that they will EC> not have catastrophic expenses, they will be able to take EC> more prescription drugs, and they will get preventive care. EC> The only thing that this has to do with Obamacare is that EC> he feels the government should force people to get EC> insurance even if they disagree with him. Other than that, EC> his essay has nothing to do with the Affordable Care Act, EC> just insurance in the abstract. That is pretty much the only thing the ACA does, insure people are insured. EC> So who is Todd Essig? "Todd Essig, Ph.D., is a Training EC> and Supervising Psychoanalyst at the William Alanson White EC> Institute and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at EC> New York Medical College." EC> One of the comments to the article: "If insurance is EC> ultimately a personal decision like you say than can you EC> explain to me why we are going to be forced to pay a tax to EC> support it? That seems to me to take the personal decision EC> out of it." You pay for it when he goes to the hospital without insurance. The cost is even higher then. After all, the mandate is a republican proposal from the original Heritage Foundation/Romney care days. Insurance may be a personal choice, but all to often lack of insurance is not a personal choice. BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn --- Via Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg] * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 Join Us: www.DocsPlace.org (1:123/140) .