House Speaker John Boehner is threatening to shut down the federal government to block the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. If Boehner gets his way, millions of working Americans would be denied access to health insurance. Boehner's disciples call this "freedom," because they object "on principle" to helping to pay for the health insurance costs of less fortunate Americans. Meanwhile, however, we all have to pay for John Boehner's smoking habit, because he has taxpayer-financed health insurance. A recent study found that the excess healthcare cost of smokers, who have higher rates of lung disease, heart disease, various cancers and other illnesses, was more than two thousand dollars per smoker per year. Tell John Boehner to end his hypocrisy: quit smoking cigarettes or quit trying to defund Obamacare.
Reference: "Smoking employees cost $6,000 a year more, study finds," Maggie Fox, Senior Writer, NBC News, June 3, 2013, http://www.nbcnews.com/health/ smoking-employees-cost-6-000-year-more-study-finds-6C10182631<http://www.nbcnews.com/health/smoking-employees-cost-6-000-year-more-study-finds-6C10182631> That's why we created a petition to Rep. John Boehner (OH-8), which says: "House Speaker John Boehner wants to shut down the federal government to prevent millions of working Americans from getting health insurance. Meanwhile, we all have to pay for Boehner's smoking habit through his taxpayer-funded health insurance. Boehner should quit smoking cigarettes or he should quit trying to defund Obamacare. " Will you sign our petition? Click here to add your name: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/boehner-quit-smoking?source=c.fwd&r_by=1135580 <http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/boehner-quit-smoking?source=c.fwd&r_by=1135580> -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected]
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