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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apparently the average american woman now has a 37.5 inche waist, up 2 inches, and now wears a 16 to 18.  I find this really surprising, and a bit sad.  Since the average American woman is also 5'4", that can't be good.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17543266.2016.1214291?journalCode=tfdt20

[/quote]Your link was published in 2016.  Trying to rev up site views for ad revenue, eh?[/quote]

And the survey ended in 2010.  It must be worse now.  So sad for our country, the future of healthcare and our military.[/quote]

Socialized medicine will bring about positive peer pressure for people to stop smoking and live healthier lives.... in addition to other things, like lower Healthcare costs on a national basis.[/quote]

I don't understand people who believe this.

While our healthcare isn't socialized, our insurance is socialized. The premiums you pay don't go into a fund that your insurance company holds until you need a service covered. No, everyone's premiums are pooled together and used to pay for the care of all others. Your premiums that you pay now are already being used for cancer treatments for a lifelong smoker or type 2 diabetes management for someone who is obese. There's no positive peer pressure now for people to live healthier lives. I don't see it happening if we ever get universal healthcare.

I was very shocked to learn that many people don't really understand how insurance works. I've talked to lots of people who either didn't realize or connect the dots that their premiums are already covering the healthcare needs of others. That's why there's a whole host of "elective" procedures that insurance won't cover (or fight to cover) - if they covered it for one person, everyone would want that procedure, and then the insurance of course wouldn't make as much $$.

What is different with universal healthcare is the government regulation. Them saying insulin cannot be sold for more than $25/vial. Or the cost of 2 Tylenol is $1.50/tablet. Big insurance doesn't want this because then there's price equality and less profit. [/quote]

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