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To: fwdude

We could stop socializing the costs of self-destructive behavior by returning to real health insurance in which people pay risk-based premiums adjusted for lifestyle factors under their own control. Gain weight; see your premiums increase. Smoke, drink, or drug; see your premiums increase. Be sexually promiscuous; see your premiums increase. I suppose the best way to enforce the latter would be to exclude STDs, including AIDS, from standard coverages, and let those who think they need such coverage purchase a rider. Just cut out all the subsidies and let the chips fall where they may.


64 posted on 01/19/2020 5:57:59 PM PST by sphinx
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To: sphinx

Xlnt idea. The closets would be full very quickly.


66 posted on 01/19/2020 6:15:56 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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