Paying more for health insurance if you're fat

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Oerdin
The best thing would be to cover everyone and then run public health campaigns to convince people to choose healthier lifestyles.

Some health insurers pay for your basic gym membership and/or give you a discount on your premium for going to a gym. Only caveat is that you have to go to the gym for a set work out a set number of times each month.

[David Floyd]

I don't know. Every time I go out, I seem to see more and more fat girls roaming around. This displeases me. If this causes less fat girls to roam around, I'm all for it

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Dauphin


I plan to take up smoking and living like an unhealthy slob when it comes to the assessment of my pension annuity. Then once I have that big chunky annuity I will switch back to my healthier lifestyle.

So, erm, when are you going to switch to the healthier lifestyle in the first place?

[Dauphin]

Hello MrFun.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Barnabas


No, that is a bad idea

Could we at least have insanely high taxes on bad tv shows? I could live with cheap burgers and guns then

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Hello MrFun.

Where?

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Hueij
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Most stupid thing I have ever heard.

Yep. The purpose of any healthcare program should be to provide healthcare to the sick. In the U.S., our program is designed to maximize profits for the insurance companies.

[Patroklos]

Is that what all the factors involved in car insurance accomplished?

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by BeBro


Could we at least have insanely high taxes on bad tv shows? I could live with cheap burgers and guns then

In America, we have the right to bear arms.
In Europe, they have the right to bare breasts.

[DirtyMartini]

Originally posted by Seedle
obesity is not always 100% the obese person's fault, extremely rarely it is a medical problem in itself.

*fixed

[rmsharpe]

Individual responsibility is what our side has been advocating all along.

[Jon Miller]

Normal people can't pay for medical costs.

It has nothing to do with individual responsibility.

On the other hand, someone who doesn't take care of themselves will get a lot more medical costs than others (on average).

Finally, though, many medical issues are no ones fault. They are caused by bad genetics, birth, accident, or something otherwise not controlled.

Smoking, not exercising, stuff like that is controlled.

JM

[Zkribbler]

Not eating right and not excercising?!
Those are the American pasttimes! burp

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

It can balance out in the end. If you're fat, or a smoker, or HIV+, some companies will give you higher annuity payments when you retire.

Welcome the cold hard world of the actuary.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Dauphin
I plan to take up smoking and living like an unhealthy slob when it comes to the assessment of my pension annuity. Then once I have that big chunky annuity I will switch back to my healthier lifestyle.