Heath insurance myth
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Heath insurance myth
Ever heard the one that says that smokers cause high health insurance? Well if that was in any shape or form true then health insurance would be going down. There are quite a few less smokers now than 20 years ago and health insurance is going through the roof.
Critical thinking is frowned upon in this day and age but I still have a tendency to do it every now and then. I guess I better enjoy it while it is still legal.
Critical thinking is frowned upon in this day and age but I still have a tendency to do it every now and then. I guess I better enjoy it while it is still legal.
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Well the point is is there are less people smoking not more and health insurance rates are skyrocketing. If anything they should be the same. Even 40 years ago there wasn't a dramatic increase in smoking.
Quite a few people get cancer and other expensive to treat diseases and they have never smoked.
The heath insurance industry and the socialists are just looking for a scapegoat not unlike those other socialists, the nazis.
Oh by the way, did anyone know the nazis were also anti-smokers?
Quite a few people get cancer and other expensive to treat diseases and they have never smoked.
The heath insurance industry and the socialists are just looking for a scapegoat not unlike those other socialists, the nazis.
Oh by the way, did anyone know the nazis were also anti-smokers?
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Do you mean someone should write legislation that actually works toward reducing consumer costs or just sign the legislation the Democrats wrote that doesn't really do that but they say it does?Bet51987 wrote:Which is why health care reform, despite republican resistance, is neccessary.TechPro wrote:Expecting insurance prices to go down because there are now fewer smokers ... is like expecting the price of gas to go down because because there are fewer car accidents .... It's not gonna happen.
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Well first we're assuming that there's actually less smokers now than there were. I'm not entirely sure if that's true or not. Their profits seem to be growing each year. However,I do distinctly remember the reason for the 1000% increase on tobacco being specifically for the healthcare coverage of smokers. From then till now that translates into a hellova lot of money and I haven't heard jack of it mentioned yet.
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That is exactly what I am saying. Smoking has nothing to do with the price of health insurance. It is just an excuse to charge smokers more or use them as a scapegoat. The propaganda machine also targets overweight people, etc... blaming sick people (the customers) for the cost of health care.TechPro wrote:Expecting insurance prices to go down because there are now fewer smokers ... is like expecting the price of gas to go down because because there are fewer car accidents .... It's not gonna happen.
For an in depth discussion on some reasons heath insurance is going up go here. Looks like government meddling (go figure) is causing most of it.
Notice the monopolies government created through regulation. You can't even use an insurance company that is not "licensed" by your state. Sickening.
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You see monopolies are just plain bad, regardless of if they are government monopolies or private monopolies. What we have now are government sanctioned private monopolies, so I fail to see how the current government plan is going to make a difference either way.
Best case: we end up with a duopoly.
Worst case: we end up with a different but equally horrible government monopoly.
Either way nothing will improve till we destroy the monopolies and drag the rest of the industry kicking and screaming back to the free market where they belong.
Best case: we end up with a duopoly.
Worst case: we end up with a different but equally horrible government monopoly.
Either way nothing will improve till we destroy the monopolies and drag the rest of the industry kicking and screaming back to the free market where they belong.