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Originally Posted by ninety09
It also affects me because, since they aren't too healthy, they need more money from our health-system. And it's with my taxes that they pay that they pay that health-system.
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The problem when we start to go down this path is where do we draw the line. If we punish (tax higher) people who are overweight, what about folks with high colesterol, or diabetes, or whose family has a high incident of heart disease? Soon if not already we will be able to determine from people's DNA whether they have a higher risk of many diseases as well as life expectancy. Do we tell these people that we will not cover their children? Do we separate everyone into good genes and bad genes health coverage?