Obesity causes medical conditions, Medical conditions are subject to underwriting and rate adjustments. We already have mechanisms in place that “charges more”.
I am a bit shocked by the calls for taxes and control. What if an obese person is actually “healthy” but just doesn’t meet the narrow criteria that is being drawn in this blog.
Have we come to the point in our society where “what my neighbor may cost me” give us license to control their lives, their choices, and yes, their freedom?
Don’t worry. Obamacare is going to take care of all of these fatties. They are all on food stamps anyway and I don’t think they are buying carrots and broccoli with them. He will have to send them to the re-education camp to learn how to eat and have mandatory excersise program.
It would probably be more cost efficient to give all these obese fatties lap band surgery than to continue to pay their medical bills for all the various ailments they get as a result of overeating. By the way, McDonald’s does have some healthy alternatives in their menu now. They just choose to eat what they like. For many of them, the only excercise they get is their TV control or Blackberrie. Not exactly a 1 or 2 mile walk.
I thought it was the uninsured that cost others for their problems. If a fattie is insured then his insurance pays, not us. An employer doesn’t have to employ a fat person who will cost him productivity & lost time. Thus the analogy that skinny people pay a lot more because of fat people just doesn’t jive!!
Perhaps the big employers and unions (who many have opted out of Obamacare)should institute excercise programs like the Japanese do in their plants. The Japanese educate their employees on healthy eating and excercise even in the plants they have in the US. As a result, their healthcare costs are much less than average.
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Obesity causes medical conditions, Medical conditions are subject to underwriting and rate adjustments. We already have mechanisms in place that “charges more”.
I am a bit shocked by the calls for taxes and control. What if an obese person is actually “healthy” but just doesn’t meet the narrow criteria that is being drawn in this blog.
Have we come to the point in our society where “what my neighbor may cost me” give us license to control their lives, their choices, and yes, their freedom?
Don’t worry. Obamacare is going to take care of all of these fatties. They are all on food stamps anyway and I don’t think they are buying carrots and broccoli with them. He will have to send them to the re-education camp to learn how to eat and have mandatory excersise program.
Slim,
Delete.
Tom, get out of here with your common sense.
Of COURSE I want to control my neighbor’s freedom. That’s my right as a perfect person. Hello!? Can’t you read? Illiterate! Tax him!!!
The sad thing is that is costs a lot more to buy fruits and vegetables than it does to go to McDonalds.
It would probably be more cost efficient to give all these obese fatties lap band surgery than to continue to pay their medical bills for all the various ailments they get as a result of overeating. By the way, McDonald’s does have some healthy alternatives in their menu now. They just choose to eat what they like. For many of them, the only excercise they get is their TV control or Blackberrie. Not exactly a 1 or 2 mile walk.
How much is spent on cleaning up all the VD and psychological problems and so on associated with teh gays?
My brother is 6′ 5″ & 225 lbs. His doctor told him that he’s obese according to fed govt standards.
So, non-story.
I thought it was the uninsured that cost others for their problems. If a fattie is insured then his insurance pays, not us. An employer doesn’t have to employ a fat person who will cost him productivity & lost time. Thus the analogy that skinny people pay a lot more because of fat people just doesn’t jive!!
Perhaps the big employers and unions (who many have opted out of Obamacare)should institute excercise programs like the Japanese do in their plants. The Japanese educate their employees on healthy eating and excercise even in the plants they have in the US. As a result, their healthcare costs are much less than average.