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Should Fat People Pay More For Insurance?

Idahoser Wrote: May 27, 2012 11:42 AM

Insurance can save you money if your bad thing, which you hope will never happen, happens. A service plan, on the other hand, must always cost more than if you simply paid as you went, because you're paying more people between you and the service provider. Duh!

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Should Fat People Pay More For Insurance?

In our long road trip to my grandfather’s memorial service, we had a conversation I would like to invite you to be a part of. It’s clear that America has an obesity problem. How do we solve it?

Education isn’t working. Will power of people just isn’t strong enough and almost weekly it seems like we get new information on something. One week it’s the Mediterranean diet, the next Paleo and so on.

My opinion is that changing economic incentives will change outcomes. Governments have responded by taxing sugary drinks, candy, and fast food. However, just eating at a...