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To: LLCF who wrote (69760)	4/4/2014 5:29:11 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"They should kick everyone out who smokes or is more than 10 pounds overweight.." They do price the insurance much more for those things. (Especially the smoking.) Can't be denied coverage because of a prior condition, and there is no life-time' cap on benefits now...but they ARE statutorily specifically permitted to charge higher rates for those two category. (Also one of the reasons there is such a push on from the providers for health improvement programs....)