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<blockquote data-quote="Firpo" data-source="post: 3865898" data-attributes="member: 45550"><p>In general I agree with the concept that “those that use more should pay more” on most everything but there’s no way to fairly implement such a system for medical insurance. We are all different shapes and sizes with different builds and different genetics which plays a huge part. [USER=51164]@USMC[/USER] you’ve gone from discussing being in shape to fight to longevity here and there are just way to many variables involved. My great-grandfather lived to be almost 100, a Texas boy who ate everything fried and he chewed tobacco his entire life. My wife’s father died at 94 after having three heart attacks and two strokes. All his siblings died in their 50s as did his father but with proper diet and exercise he lived to a ripe old age. So by your logic obese and heavy people along with those having a genetic predisposition for something should be charged more for medical insurance because they’ll most likely be requiring more medical care yes? The flaw in this thinking is who’s going to decide what and who gets to control all this? Starting to sound a little “woke” to me just like some states have implemented the ridiculous policy of limiting the size of soft drinks in a lame attempt to control obesity. Do we really want the government to have even more control of our lives then they do now? I sure don’t!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Firpo, post: 3865898, member: 45550"] In general I agree with the concept that “those that use more should pay more” on most everything but there’s no way to fairly implement such a system for medical insurance. We are all different shapes and sizes with different builds and different genetics which plays a huge part. [USER=51164]@USMC[/USER] you’ve gone from discussing being in shape to fight to longevity here and there are just way to many variables involved. My great-grandfather lived to be almost 100, a Texas boy who ate everything fried and he chewed tobacco his entire life. My wife’s father died at 94 after having three heart attacks and two strokes. All his siblings died in their 50s as did his father but with proper diet and exercise he lived to a ripe old age. So by your logic obese and heavy people along with those having a genetic predisposition for something should be charged more for medical insurance because they’ll most likely be requiring more medical care yes? The flaw in this thinking is who’s going to decide what and who gets to control all this? Starting to sound a little “woke” to me just like some states have implemented the ridiculous policy of limiting the size of soft drinks in a lame attempt to control obesity. Do we really want the government to have even more control of our lives then they do now? I sure don’t! [/QUOTE]
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