>I would MUCH rather see my tax money spent helping people quit smoking >and be healthier than fixing them after a life of self destructive behavior.
You do realize that being able to get preventative care is essential to such things, and to help people lead healthier lives? What if everyone had access to health insurance that included wellness visits, and weight loss management programs, smoking cessation, etc.? If people could get psychiatric help when they need it (depression being a very common cause for over-eating)? It's very easy to blame people for their health issues, but relatively few would choose to have them if they really felt they could afford help. I used to go to the doctor regularly for checkups and to have various blood levels checked. Now I know that because of my deductible, those costs will come completely out-of-pocket, so I tend to skip it unless some other problem hits and I know I'm already over the deductible limit. Maybe not a smart thing to do...but that's what people do when it's not a covered benefit. The problem is that we do not consider healthcare to be a human or civil right, but a commodity. And one that we want to parcel out only to those that we think deserve it...or can pay for it. Kind of like welfare. A lot of people would like to get rid of it because some people abuse the system...even though many poor families would suffer greatly otherwise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253928 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
