[TheForge] Re: Health Insurance

[Roger Olsen]

Roy I do not know where you get your statistics but I do not believe they are correct.  I have read many articles about health care in our country,  percentages without access to primary
health care,  poverty levels, self employed, etc, etc,

I cannot put my hands on an article at this moment but will keep my eyes open for the next one that mentions these things so I can return with hard facts.

I know many families that simply flat out cannot afford health care period.  These are often families that you are surprised to find  do not have insurance.  They are not the immortal 18
to 30 year olds.

still venting
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Roy Wilson wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:21:45 -0500, iforgeiron@netscape.net wrote:
>
> >I thought things were bad here in Canada, but you write "I am not surprised one out of four americans is without health insurance." Is that really true? What happens if they get sick?
>
>         What's never mentioned in that stat is that two of the four
> are on gov't assistance programs (medicaid and medicare aren't
> counted as "insurance" for the stat), and that another 1.8 of the
> four *CHOOSE* not to pay for health insurance - they're the 18-30
> year old crowd with good jobs and no kids.
>
> Roy Wilson
> General Operations Director
> Wilson Eclectics
>
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