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Quitting alcohol is nowhere as easy as getting covid vaccines. If there was a cheap/free safe vaccine that reduced the chances of getting hospitalized or dying
by belltaco 5y ago
Quitting alcohol is nowhere as easy as getting covid vaccines. If there was a cheap/free safe vaccine that reduced the chances of getting hospitalized or dying of cancer by >60%, your point would be more valid.
- azth 5y agoThe difference is that it's a choice to get addicted to alcohol.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoThey are clearly not the same, but you first have to make the claim that insurance coverage should be tied to ease of prevention at all, before arguing where the line should be. I'm not aware of any other risky behaviors that exclude coverage, so this would be a precedent.
- criddell 5y agoI've since come around and now think they wouldn't exclude coverage, but they might charge a different premium. That seems fair.
- ekianjo 5y agoSo are they going to charge premiums for gay people because they have a higher risk of STDs? Seems fair to you?
- criddell 5y agoYou wouldn't charge gay people more because that isn't a choice. Do you think it's unfair that smokers pay more for life insurance?
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoPretty much every smoker has higher medical bills. Labelling all gay people as STD risks is a much bigger reach?
- ekianjo 5y agoIf you don't have 3-4 comordibities your risk of hospitalization + dying of COVID is so low it's close to zero. Not sure what you point is, unless you consider everyone has loads of comorbidities out there. > Quitting alcohol is nowhere as easy as getting covid vaccines you have a choice to buy the next bottle or not, as far as I know. It's not like addiction is unavoidable. And cancer risk for alcohol consumption is not even related to addiction, you increase your risk of cancer significantly even with a small, non-zero consumption of alcohol. Look at the data.