THE TALK OF THE TOWN'S ARTIST AT LARGE color comic strip asking alternative-health-care providers if they think a new health plan should cover their services. Hypnotherapist Barry Seedman believes most alternative health care should be fully covered: "The government has had us in a trance for so long it ought to start paying for it." Rebirther Joanie Watkins says doctors and chiropractors should prescribe alternative therapy. Past-lives-regression therapist Michele Maldeau doesn't believe insurance coverage is likely. Acupuncturist Kevin Ergil says "We do like the idea of being reimbursed for treating a patient's rising liver yang." Humor and Healing workshop facilitator Ed Franco thinks his service is too avant-garde for consideration: "How would they determine how much it should be reimbursed? 80% under normal circumstances and 100% if they laugh really hard?"
This article appears in the print edition of the September 5, 1994, issue.