We don't need to make dangerous activities illegal, Chris. We must simply say, "Look, live as you wish, but if your unwillingness to exercise or cut down on saturated fat / tobacco / hard liquor or whatever, leads you to develop a heart condition, or Type 2 diabetes, ir lung cancer, etc., you're on your own." Give people five years to clean up their act. Then eliminate treatment for self-inflicted conditions from our health-care system unless your premium explicitly includes a costly rider. That will leave more funds to treat congenital conditions and other conditions that people, especially children, don't bring on themselves.
Yes, sometimes heart conditions are brought on by circumstances beyond the victim's control. Treatment would have to be decided case by case. A policy of "If it's your fault, we won't pay" wouldn't be perfect, but people just might take better care of themselves if they knew Uncle Sam and Aetna won't. Thee are countries, I hear, where you're not reimbursed for medical care if you land on your unprotected head or weren't belted in. Bravo. Chris Brogden wrote: If Ken has a valid point, then I want smoking, drinking, and super-fatty foods made illegal, since they're responsible for more health costs than motorcycle accidents. Hell, why not make it illegal to do anything dangerous or bad to your body? Where do you draw the line, and why? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
