Hmm.
Still not awake enough this morning to comment with any real thought or thoroughness, but the thing that always makes me pause when this sort of thing comes up is that it has a tendency to spread. If we’re going to start getting into charging people based on who we think statistically will use more healthcare things are probably going to get weird really fast. Of course, that might just be my fear that the fifteen “quit-smoking” pounds I gained will price me totally out of the insurance market…
(And no, I don’t really have a better idea. I’ll have to think about it.)
yeah, well, then I was born priced out of the market between my weight issues and my arthritis....
Posted by caltechgirl on 05/16 at 10:52 AMCouldn’t resist the irony of that particular example. I’m much more overweight than that, but I’m perpetually amused by the “can’t-win” formula that hits you if you ever smoked at all.
I worry about Sadie. With two parents who went hypertensive early, she’s probably doomed…
Posted by Deb on 05/16 at 11:07 AM
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