And what about those people with cancer? Those bastards run our premiums up too. Also, look at all the child births. Those ladies come in and run our costs up as well. We should stop covering them too. Also, smokers and coal miners and people with genetic predispositions to sickle cell.
If you think insurance premiums are too high, you can always self insure or just save up for the procedures that you think you will need in the future....(hope you are right). You can always choose not to have insurance as well. Insurance is a service not a God given right.
The defense of obesity on this forum is truly humerous.
I can't think of another serious health condition that could be more easily prevented. Food isn't even addictive.
I'm sorry; you'll get no sympathy on this one from me. You want to jack up your body in a way that leads to so many health problems, go right ahead, but don't expect me to desire to pay for it down the road.
If you have sickle cell, fine. Nothing you could do to prevent that. Same thing with breast cancer, for the most part. But people who don't have the discipline to maintain an exercise routine/stable diet aren't winning the same level of respect. People weren't obese 50, even 20 years ago. No excuse for it now.