Here's what I propose: Medicare coverage for only those people that are accountable for their behavior by exercising 1 hour per day, maintain a healthy weight range for 75% of the time (not too thin, not too overwt, but allowing for exclusions due to medical reasons such as thyroid or metabolism medical issues), and do not smoke.
I understand the attraction of this idea, why pay for people ruining their own health, but I don't think I can support it. Its bad enough that we have to report our income and other financial information the government, I don't want to also have a government office in charge of keeping tract of our weight and fitness.
: the ratio of white and asian people having children in this country to other races is 1/3. Basically, this statistic suggests that an economic force may be preventing white and asian people from having as many children...
...I do believe the birth ratio disparity figure should be addressed in govt policy.
I don't. If we for some reason it was felt that the government should encourage people to have more children it could encourage everyone instead of having a program encouraging certain races to have more children. Not that I would support a more broad based program either (more nanny-state intervention) but at least it wouldn't have a racial component. I think for the most part the government should take no official notice of race. It should treat people as people, not as whites, or blacks, or asians, or hispanics.
Tim |
