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Still Sensible

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2. No. You could make a longer list easily

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:22 PM

Jan 2013

how about moderate to heavy drinkers?
how about people who drive fast?
how about people who have dangerous hobbies?
how about people that are less sanitary in their hygiene?

Let's piss off a lot of people and add folks that keep guns in their home.

All of these things are likely to lead to higher health costs over time or from injury as well. If we brainstorm we can come up with many more that would make just as much sense.

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Do penalties for smokers and the obese make sense? [View all] jsr Jan 2013 OP

i dont like the way we are going... actslikeacarrot Jan 2013 #1

No. You could make a longer list easily Still Sensible Jan 2013 #2

What about people who have gained weight due to taking medications that make you fat? Sivafae Jan 2013 #3

SSRI's cause weight gain too. nt raccoon Jan 2013 #11

should a smoker be denied KT2000 Jan 2013 #4

Let me know when nutrition is taught. n/t flvegan Jan 2013 #5

How about when people live to be very old union_maid Jan 2013 #6

The insurance companies win again. It's mandatory we pay them and they can charge what they want DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #7

It makes sense for insurance companies, but if your goal is universal health care instead of... JVS Jan 2013 #8

Only from the short-sighted, doomed to fail perspective that dominates America today and Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #9

From a strictly financial standpoint, the healthy and clean-living should be paying penalties eridani Jan 2013 #10

If one assumes that these habits/conditions shorten life SoCalDem Jan 2013 #12