david barnes hits the nail right on the head. younger, healthy people are staying away from obamacare in droves because it isn<u+2019>t economically feasible for them (<u+201c> a millennial<u+2019>s obamacare lament ,<u+201d> op-ed, sept. 26). basic cost-benefit economics prevailed. good for those who figured it out. let<u+2019>s hope mr. barnes and sufficient numbers of his generation will apply similar thinking to other regulatory efforts by any administration seeking to end run congress and the constitution. the epa<u+2019>s clean power plan is excoriated in two pieces near mr. barnes<u+2019>s, and hillary clinton <u+2019>s plan for <u+201c>free<u+201d> college simply cannot be free. but her idea may be cheap compared with the certain long-term damage our nearly $20 trillion national debt will cause. nothing is free. somebody always pays. many younger folks have figured that out about obamacare. i hope they also understand snake-oil peddlers only need to keep buyers believing until the peddlers get out of town<u+2014>or political office. b. beane palatine, ill. millennials<u+2019> participation in obamacare is, ironically, undermined by its most popular element: the required coverage of pre-existing conditions. indeed, who would buy hurricane insurance now if one could wait until after the storm hits? why not consider instead that after a certain age, say, 25 or 30, one couldn<u+2019>t be guaranteed coverage of pre-existing conditions? would this not be an incentive for a millennial to obtain coverage while he was still healthy, lest he risk developing a condition that might forever preclude his obtaining affordable medical insurance? that is how all other insurance<u+2014>life, disability, homeowner<u+2019>s and flood<u+2014>works. or is obamacare less about providing insurance than socializing medicine? stanley spatz, m.d. hollywood, fla. now david barnes laments obamacare after his millennial generation (18-29 year-olds) gave 66% of their votes to barack obama in 2008 and 60% to him in 2012. dude, they voted for him twice. what did you think was going to happen? do you really believe a 26-year-old is still a child? do you think free college tuition is really going to be free for everyone? maybe you want that public policy option because it will be free for everyone? wow, man, wake up. once you hit that workforce nothing is free. jeff miller wilmington, n.c.
millennials voted for obama, got obamacare - wsj
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