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To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (110448)	1/8/2008 6:21:23 PM
From: re3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

<<<For example, sleep apnea patients are almost always very overweight, very heavy snorers, and their partners can actually observe them not breathing while sleeping. The almost always IMO is not correct - as follows : Being overweight might be a factor but weight might not be either. There are many who are diagnosed who are just a few or a dozen or twenty lbs overweight, or even exactly where the doc says they should be at their age, height, etc. There are thin people with this problem. Snoring may or may not be a sign, and many who are mild snorers might still have severe sleep apnea. Not all people that are potential cases have partners. Or at least partners that will stay in the room with them and watch them have a rough night of sleeping, especially if they are snoring... ---

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (110448)	1/8/2008 10:03:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

>>So it made perfect economic sense for me to choose to take the test under those conditions despite the low probability that there would be any benefit to me.<< iow, you enjoy the marginal services but don't like paying for them or having any respect for those who would have to pay for them. this is the attitude that is currently bankrupting the nation, lots of states and lots of counties and lots of cities. this is the attitude that provides incentives to our elected politicians to steal from those not even born yet.