[Judith Anne]

What if it does make a difference? What if it reduces Medicare costs, even though the patient lives longer?

So, you're in favor of MANDATING--forcing by law--the payment of Medicare (taxpayer dollars) services to MAKE people quite smoking, because it MAY or MAY NOT make some kind of difference in what YOU perceive to be their quality of life?

[DannyTN]

"So, you're in favor of MANDATING--forcing by law--the payment of Medicare (taxpayer dollars) services to MAKE people quite smoking, because it MAY or MAY NOT make some kind of difference in what YOU perceive to be their quality of life?"

Neither the article nor I said anything about "making" anyone stop smoking, the article said they were just offering voluntary services.

Is that why y'all are upset about this? It's not just that this program might cost medicare more than it saves, but that you see it as the first step to discriminating against smokers?