A US National Health Care System? Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : A US National Health Care System?

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (1020)	2/19/2006 11:15:31 PM
From: Robohogs	Read Replies (2) of 42652

I am not sure that charging more for someone who smokes is such a bad thing - folks have known it was not good for a very long time. But the problem is it sets a precedent for future "issues" such as overweight/obesity/diabetes/etc. I personally believe that the government/doctors are somewhat responsible for some of the diabetes/obesity issues with the ill-conceived old food pyramid and its unintentional heavy reliance on processed carbs. Many people who are fat or obese really do try and control their weights but the low fat/low calorie diets do not seem to work for them. I know that I personally can run 4 times per week and cut back to 1500-2000 calories per day and still not lose weight if there are too many of the wrong foods (and those wrong foods for me are heavily processed carbs). I also believe that someone who is overweight (not obese though) but fit is probably going to cause fewer cost health issues/cost issues than a slim non-exercising person. How do these lines get drawn? Jon PS A 5-10% overweight newly religious exerciser.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next