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yallerdawg

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32. By law we are now required to purchase health insurance.

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 02:08 PM

Sep 2014

Cancers, heart disease, obesity, diabetes - medical costs that can be associated with personal choice - are now by law shared by all.

What responsibility should I have for my choices, and what responsibility as a society do we have?

In fact, on the private health insurance exchanges, if you smoke you pay more for health insurance, as allowed by law. Why wouldn't behaviors regarding personal food choices (and availability and affordability) not soon follow? Why wouldn't medical conditions be identified as anti-social personal behavior?

And why wouldn't we celebrate a better, safer, healthier world?

Would we call this democracy or fascism?

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CVS changes name, stops tobacco sales early [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2014 OP

Hopefully this will pave the way for the other chains to stop selling tobacco davidpdx Sep 2014 #1

Agreed Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #5

The shelving changed here a few months ago Blue_Adept Sep 2014 #2

I was in there this morning and yup, no more cigs. Marrah_G Sep 2014 #3

I was at my local CVS on Sunday ChazII Sep 2014 #4

Now if we can only do this for beer and wine sunnystarr Sep 2014 #6

Good one! maddiemom Sep 2014 #8

ohh, let's not just program the cars, let's bbgrunt Sep 2014 #10

except none of those things kill anybody else whatthehey Sep 2014 #11

Unless you're talking about MoleyRusselsWart Sep 2014 #16

Which is it smoke in private in your own home or smoke in public? Bandit Sep 2014 #36

But its not illegal... MoleyRusselsWart Sep 2014 #37

it's legal to urinate whatthehey Sep 2014 #42

You're only pointing out sunnystarr Sep 2014 #45

Your examples are silly MoleyRusselsWart Sep 2014 #46

It takes years and years to sunnystarr Sep 2014 #17

Two words: graegoyle Sep 2014 #18

2 syllables one word lol sunnystarr Sep 2014 #22

Addiction--young people yellowwoodII Sep 2014 #20

I would add alcohol as addictive (nt) sunnystarr Sep 2014 #24

addictive? passiveporcupine Sep 2014 #38

drunk driving is not a necessary part of drinking whatthehey Sep 2014 #41

This is why I hate "statistics" sunnystarr Sep 2014 #23

yeah! in 2014 it's down to 41000 whatthehey Sep 2014 #43

You're coming here citing the Cato Institute as a reliable source? Tanuki Sep 2014 #44

So, as a society... yallerdawg Sep 2014 #13

I so cringe whenever I see that false equivalency here sunnystarr Sep 2014 #25

Is the concept of the 'Nanny State"... yallerdawg Sep 2014 #26

We already agree sunnystarr Sep 2014 #28

By law we are now required to purchase health insurance. yallerdawg Sep 2014 #32

Sounds like facism to me ... sunnystarr Sep 2014 #33

I celebrate the Affordable Care Act! yallerdawg Sep 2014 #34

I never believed that smokers should pay more sunnystarr Sep 2014 #35

Take away my beer and somebody's gonna get hurt. OnyxCollie Sep 2014 #14

That's Legal Paternalism. candelista Sep 2014 #21

No more and no less than traffic lights are... LanternWaste Sep 2014 #27

High calorie foods are like traffic lights? candelista Sep 2014 #29

THANK YOU!!!!! lilithsrevenge12 Sep 2014 #31

You're making a funny (trying to anyway), but MH1 Sep 2014 #39

We already tried alcohol prohibition. It was a dismal failure. NYC Liberal Sep 2014 #50

looked everywhere for Ritalin PatrynXX Sep 2014 #7

Interestingly since Obamacare passed I see TBF Sep 2014 #9

yeah... chain dental offices too justabob Sep 2014 #47

I haven't seen those yet but I wouldn't be surprised TBF Sep 2014 #48

Good news from a corporation? I'm shocked. marble falls Sep 2014 #12

Oh man, Sudoku just makes me want to smoke more. louis-t Sep 2014 #15

Yea! yellowwoodII Sep 2014 #19

CVS wants to be 'healthcare providers' for insured persons /w the lowest quality ACA insurance? Sunlei Sep 2014 #30

WOW and WOW! Thanks Steve! :) Cha Sep 2014 #40

I buy my cigarettes at Walgreen's. RebelOne Sep 2014 #49