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Yeah ok...I've always had insurance(well most of my adulthood) and have been overweight at least a little all my life. I have used my insurance for two pregnancies and a gall bladder removal following one of those pregnancies and shortly for psoriasis treatment(until I realized I'd just have to live with it--so see I didn't even waste any more of "your" money going when it was pointless)and all the preventative type of care you'd expect ANY person to partake of(paps, yearly exams, etc). How about we keep it fair and if I have health problems THEN it can go up? In the meantime, I don't enjoy paying for your sprains and aches due to your over exertion. Should I force YOU to pay more too? And what if despite all your good caretaking you have a defective gene making you more likely to cancer, well damn, I DEMAND that your insurance goes up too. I find people only mean this when they THINK they aren't affected by it! When I read threads like this I start to give creedence to lefties who think the right lacks compassion.

You didn't read what I said... I said I give exception to the 1% of the population that has no control over their own destiny. The fact is, a HUGE AMOUNT of health problems are attributed to drinking, overeating, smoking, drugs, and
NO physical activity! These are ALL personal choices! To abuse yourself or not to abuse yourself, that is the question!

And for your information, I have been running 40-50 miles a week, lifting weights 3 times a week, competing in decathlons, track and field, and road races for 30 years, I have been to the doctor TWO times because of injuries!! Once for a
broken wrist and another time for some stitches in my leg. I'll bet a cast and some sutures are A WHOLE LOT less expensive then a quadruple bypass or numerous trips to the doctor for diabetes or some other nagging ailment, along
with the life-long medications and treatments.

I have nothing against fat people, I have fat friends, it's your choice, I just don't want to have to pay for you, you don't have to pay for me, because I don't smoke, take drugs, overeat, and drink very little. I feel the same way about heavy
drinkers, drug users, and smokers!!