Maybe but it's not quite that simple.... I'm in shape, I eat well but my cholesterol is through the roof, why? I'm getting hit by a genetic component, you can't penalize someone for something that they can't help... that a very slippery slope..
-- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC 27616 (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:50 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Israeli study: soda drinks cause liver damage > gMoney wrote: > It's every American's right to lead a shitty lifestyle, and unfortunately > many Americans take that option. All the taxes and warning labels and > incentive plans have failed to stem that tide to date...it's reasonable to > assume that trend will continue. > Yeah, but we really don't have any decent incentives. how about this: Yearly tests that accompany physicals. High cholesterol? ZING! Smoker? ZING! Fitness test score low? ZING! And I'm not talking small hits, I'm talking big ones. That's not going to help with people that can't afford insurance, and you really can't penalize them, but it would help the mainstream. And you can tax junk food and soda while subsidizing organic local farmers. Not a magic bullet, but it would be a really nice part of a broader solution: (1.) Mandatory coverage. (2.) Catastrophic public coverage. (3.) Well regulated private insurance markets including providers! (4.) Access to portable group insurance outside of your employer (5.) Fiscal policy to incent desired behavior. We have to move from an emergency management system to a health care system, and we have to leverage competition to keep supply-side costs and finance costs at a minimum. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301774 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
