@HecklerForever How about penalizing all? Let fat people, drinking alcohol, take drugs, promiscuous lifestyles, eat bad food die too?
It does when it lowers costs for the insured group RT @USATODAYhealth: Do penalties for smokers and obese make sense? http://t.co/xz240mLm
RT @nyshepa: Do penalties for smokers and the obese make sense? Shame/stigma are cruel. Environmental policy & taxes work. http://t.co/NMx0ch5...
Should we let smokers and fat people die? Twitter debate surging
1/28/2013According to some folks out there, smokers and fat people are either: 1) a burdensome group sinking everyone with their medical costs, or 2) a dispensable group we should all just let die early. Welcome to the health care debate that's taken Twitter by storm. The fight over applying lifestyle penalties is raging as lawmakers hash out details of the Affordable Care Act. With those two "high-risk" groups tallying about $243 billion in annual health care costs, some argue that "willfully unhealthy" people should be left alone to die early and save the system money, rather than being taxed or penalized. Others say smoking control and anti-obesity measures have proven effective and should be continued. Can’t we all just have a smoke and a pastry and get along? [Source]
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