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Originally Posted by retsuki03
Do you also ban unhealthy food? Obese people cost your healthcare billions too. Much like a cigarette, McDonald's can kill you.
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Not yet... but there are discussions of banning trans fats entirely. Money spent on prevention is well spent as far as I'm concerned.
Obeseity is an issue that I knew someone would leap on... I have raised this issue before in the context of public healthcare... I have a problem with the system paying for knee replacement surgery for severly overweight people... The problem is, what brought them to that state? It can be a number of things, genetics and laziness are just two of many...
More money on teaching good health habits.
Long time smokers who end up with lung cancer or emphizyma... I have a hard time conjuring up the sympathy.