To: Olog-hai
The ACA already discriminates against smokers here in the US.
About Time? Smokers Face Tough New Rules Under Obamacare
............"Under proposed rules, HHS would allow insurers to charge a smoker seeking health coverage in the individual market as much as 50% more in premiums than a non-smoker."..................
12 posted on
09/29/2013 6:39:24 PM PDT by
Girlene
(Hey, NSA!)
To: Girlene
This is already going on in America.....my friend was just told they wouldn’t perform a procedure until she quit smoking and could prove it with blood tests.
26 posted on
09/29/2013 8:00:02 PM PDT by
madmomma
(The light at the end if the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts!)
To: Girlene
............"Under proposed rules, HHS would allow insurers to charge a smoker seeking health coverage in the individual market as much as 50% more in premiums than a non-smoker.".................. This can at least be justified in that a smoker is a higher risk, but denying treatment is a bit extreme!
41 posted on
09/29/2013 10:22:03 PM PDT by
An.American.Expatriate
(Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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