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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately. We all pick up the cost of obesity related illness via increased premiums. Your health neglect becomes our expense. [/quote]

Yes, and we also pick up the expenses for your my co-worker's anxiety attacks, my thin husband's high blood pressure, and the cancer treatment that everyone is likely to need if they live long enough. And end-of-life care, which is astronomically expensive. That is the point of shared risk, and not everyone's health conditions are readily visible.

Shouting about a People magazine cover and being cruel to fat people is NOT going to bring health expenses down. It's just not.[/quote] Thete is a direct cause and effect between obesity and a host of chronic illnesses. We all have a stake in this. That is not the case for anxiety, high blood pressure (unrelated to lifestyle), etc. life insurers acknowledge this and price accordingly. Unfortunately, we don't do that for obesity, smoking,  alcohol consumption, sedentary lifestyles, etc. Take some  damn responsibility. [/quote]

You are 100 percent wrong if you think that life insurers are not pricing for obesity and lifestyle. [/quote] Read again.  It said life insurers know that and price accordingly, but health insurers do not and now cannot.[/quote]

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