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KT2000

(20,568 posts)

4. should a smoker be denied

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 01:27 AM

Jan 2013

medical care if they are hurt in an accident? Should an obese person be denied medical care if they are exposed to something like 9/11 pollution?
We have lost our souls here in the US.
I am afraid the free market crowd is still in charge.

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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