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> Maybe if there were a surcharge for every unhealthful thing, people would choose to be healthier and healthcare costs would actually come down. yeah,and why
by aikah 12y ago
> Maybe if there were a surcharge for every unhealthful thing, people would choose to be healthier and healthcare costs would actually come down.
yeah,and why not a mandatory rfid chip so they can monitor your health in realtime and adjust your premium,hey?. And you are driving ? you're then more likely to have an accident so your insurance should go up.Watching TV on the sofa instead of running? not healthy! Here you pay 10% more. Running? it's not unlikely you get a heart attack, what about 5% more?
Do you have any idea how stupid you sound?
- nilsbunger 12y agoSuch name calling is uncalled for on a well- meaning comment that you disagree with. And in broad strokes the concept is sound - Why should I pay for others' bad habits? I'm much more sympathetic to things you can't control (and admittedly there is a gray zone in between). The example that really bugs me is federally backed flood insurance. People build homes in places that aren't safe, and then taxpayers bail them out. Moral hazard.
- davedx 12y ago> The example that really bugs me is federally backed flood insurance. People build homes in places that aren't safe, and then taxpayers bail them out. Moral hazard. Hah. So, I live in the Netherlands. Do you think that everybody who lives here should move to Belgium or Germany then, given the flooding hazard here? Are the Delta Works projects a huge waste of tax payer's money? Or is it different when your entire country is at flood risk?
- icebraining 12y agoOf course it's different - when everyone's at risk, nobody's paying for others' foolishness.