Posted on 10/28/2009 5:41:30 PM PDT by Nachum
(CNSNews.com) - Under the Senate Finance Committee version of the health-care bill, health insurance companies would be allowed to charge tobacco users premiums up to 50 percent higher than those of non-users, while marijuana and crack cocaine smokers could not be penalized with higher premiums.
According to provisions spelled out in the Senate Finance Committee's summary of the bill--the so-called "chairman's mark"--insurance issuers selling policies to individuals could only vary premiums based on three characteristics: tobacco use, age and family composition.
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The list, ping
Are they allowed to charge packers of fudge higher rates?
Does this make sense to the people of Washington? How about obesity, and lack of exercise. Shouldn’t there be rebates for people who do high fiber, low calorie diets and keep in shape?
BTTT
Now that's a surprise ~ NOT!
Oh, yeah, and paint huffing.
How about women of child-bearing age? How about having random drug testing to establish rates, too? What about “family composition” factors such as no father in the household, 4th generation welfare recipient, occupier of public housing, etc., etc.? And, of course, sexual deviates sure are expensive to provide for when they are the AIDS/STD spreaders and medical recipients of expensive treatments.
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