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Why ? Leaving aside the obvious issue of humanity and basic decency, You are paying for the insurance no matter what anyway due to all the related illnesses [1

Why ? Leaving aside the obvious issue of humanity and basic decency, You are paying for the insurance no matter what anyway due to all the related illnesses [1] from obesity Should now insurance not cover heart attacks or diabetes or other illnesses strongly correlated with weight for obese people ? Where does that stop ? When is it not fault ? Should insurance not cover if you injured in sports(been careful) Or work place injuries (choosen a different job ) ? [1] this is the same dumb deserving argument for uninsured, they are still getting treated in ER usually repeatedly when it would be cheaper to cover them

bequanna 2y ago
> this is the same dumb deserving argument for uninsured, they are still getting treated in ER usually repeatedly when it would be cheaper to cover them This is a myth. Insurance is low-cost or usually free for all low income people in the US.
- manquer 2y ago
  I would say that insurance is low-cost or free for anyone is the myth. Since the emergency over Covid was declared over last year, the number of people and kids being kicked out of Medicare and Medicaid ostensibly because of procedural issues or some imaginary fraud has been constantly in the news. The forever argument on the right is link coverage to employment or some other ridiculous reason deserving reason invoking the welfare queen caricature, just last week John Oliver did a segment on this .
  - bequanna 2y ago
    I didn’t say it was low cost or free for everyone, only low income people. I’m sure you can dig up some exceptions where someone was denied coverage for some reason or bureaucratic screw up, but my above statement is broadly true. Also, I wouldn’t consider John Oliver a good source for anything. His show is biased infotainment pandering to a specific group.
naveen99 2y ago
My thought was walking is probably cheaper and more effective then wegovy.

bequanna 2y ago

> this is the same dumb deserving argument for uninsured, they are still getting treated in ER usually repeatedly when it would be cheaper to cover them This is a myth. Insurance is low-cost or usually free for all low income people in the US.

manquer 2y ago
I would say that insurance is low-cost or free for anyone is the myth. Since the emergency over Covid was declared over last year, the number of people and kids being kicked out of Medicare and Medicaid ostensibly because of procedural issues or some imaginary fraud has been constantly in the news. The forever argument on the right is link coverage to employment or some other ridiculous reason deserving reason invoking the welfare queen caricature, just last week John Oliver did a segment on this .
- bequanna 2y ago
  I didn’t say it was low cost or free for everyone, only low income people. I’m sure you can dig up some exceptions where someone was denied coverage for some reason or bureaucratic screw up, but my above statement is broadly true. Also, I wouldn’t consider John Oliver a good source for anything. His show is biased infotainment pandering to a specific group.

naveen99 2y ago

My thought was walking is probably cheaper and more effective then wegovy.