What about employees who sleep around, especially the gays, will they be charged extra since they have a higher risk of getting AIDS, hepatitis, VD, and so on? I mean, if you want to promote a healthier lifestyle (meaning a lifetsyle less expensive for healthcare providers and employers) then we ought to be discouraging all kinds of risky behaviors, right?
Or what about those employees that have more than the 2.1 kids, or the ones that don’t go to the gym to work out 3 times a week or the couch potato that watches 8 hours of tv a day etc etc….you had to know some bright bulb would come up with this. Then it will be the ones that don’t vote your way and on and on. I hope all their employees jump ship! Big brother is already to close since Bush started taking all our liberties away.
Probably the single biggest factor impacting healthcare costs in the US is obesity. So many illnesses and conditions result from it: diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke. And yet, healthcare coverage providers offer the least amount of assistance in combating obesity. Until they are serious about preventing and curing obesity, medical costs will continue to rise.
Solution to obesity problem: no one may make or sell anything larger than a size twelve for women, or 42″ waist for men. Since people can’t wear bathrobes to work, voila, no one will be insured who is too tubby. Or tubby at all.
By who’s measure will employees be judged “normal”? Or overweight? Or anything else for that matter? Some incentive to work there! And a “health” company to boot!
How about charging more if you have teenage children that may become pregnant? By that token, how about applying a credit for “the gays” as Al calls us/them as we will not be bearing children? BTW, Al, my gay and lesbian friends are much less promiscuous than my hetero friends, and much more cautious. Let’s set aside your closed minded stereotypes and stick to the insurance related discussion, shall we?
Will anyone argue the fact that, ON AVERAGE, overweight employees and smokers cost companies more in healthcare than their normal weight and non-smoking coworkers? Maybe “punishing” the former is not the way to go, but “rewarding” the latter is?
Well said. You beat me to it. I’m tired of morons throwing out statements, numbers and statistics without anyone challenging the validity of the items.
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What about employees who sleep around, especially the gays, will they be charged extra since they have a higher risk of getting AIDS, hepatitis, VD, and so on? I mean, if you want to promote a healthier lifestyle (meaning a lifetsyle less expensive for healthcare providers and employers) then we ought to be discouraging all kinds of risky behaviors, right?
Or what about those employees that have more than the 2.1 kids, or the ones that don’t go to the gym to work out 3 times a week or the couch potato that watches 8 hours of tv a day etc etc….you had to know some bright bulb would come up with this. Then it will be the ones that don’t vote your way and on and on. I hope all their employees jump ship! Big brother is already to close since Bush started taking all our liberties away.
Probably the single biggest factor impacting healthcare costs in the US is obesity. So many illnesses and conditions result from it: diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke. And yet, healthcare coverage providers offer the least amount of assistance in combating obesity. Until they are serious about preventing and curing obesity, medical costs will continue to rise.
“Big brother is already to close since Bush started taking all our liberties away.”
Name one liberty you no longer have due to W. Just one.
Solution to obesity problem: no one may make or sell anything larger than a size twelve for women, or 42″ waist for men. Since people can’t wear bathrobes to work, voila, no one will be insured who is too tubby. Or tubby at all.
Glad I could help.
By who’s measure will employees be judged “normal”? Or overweight? Or anything else for that matter? Some incentive to work there! And a “health” company to boot!
How about charging more if you have teenage children that may become pregnant? By that token, how about applying a credit for “the gays” as Al calls us/them as we will not be bearing children? BTW, Al, my gay and lesbian friends are much less promiscuous than my hetero friends, and much more cautious. Let’s set aside your closed minded stereotypes and stick to the insurance related discussion, shall we?
If you’re going to make it a size 12 for women, you have to be fair and make it a maximum size of 38 maximum for men.
Will anyone argue the fact that, ON AVERAGE, overweight employees and smokers cost companies more in healthcare than their normal weight and non-smoking coworkers? Maybe “punishing” the former is not the way to go, but “rewarding” the latter is?
Well said. You beat me to it. I’m tired of morons throwing out statements, numbers and statistics without anyone challenging the validity of the items.