I, as a consumer of health insurance business industry, am strongly against HMO companies covering unhealthy people, including smokers, overweight people, drug users, and alcoholics. I don't understand why I and other health-focused people should pay higher rates to cover these liability people. Why do I get punished even though we make huge sacrifices to keep our health at optimum?
These people are digging their graves with their teeth. They create BAD habits for themselves, including overeating, smoking, and poisoning their bodies with foreign substance. I'm not even talking about people w/ uncontrollable biological factors, like cancer, genetic deformities, etc. I'm talking about people who CONSCIOUSLY choose to destroy their health.
Yeah, i hear the argument "some people are genetically predisposed to getting fat." Yes exactly, and that's why they are obese. Because they believe it and won't do a DAMN thing about it.
Average American is 30 lb heavier now than he/she was 30 years ago. Do people change as species in 30 years? Has the homo sapien kind changed GENETICALLY in the last 30 years? Are our newborn babies HEAVIER now than they were 30 years ago? NO. Culture has changed. Eating habits has changed. Lifestyle has changed.
People believe in anything they hear on TV. Dopes. Might as well believe in something that's gonna make your life better.
I chose to believe that I can have a long healthy life, but I do understand that I have to make sacrifices and need to put in WORK to get it. Thus, people like me should be REWARDED, not punished.
Just like welfare, universal health coverage policies are DUMB.
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You write very well.
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