BTW I do agree, companies who provide health benefits should set certain conditions to them. I mean you can pull the ''everyone has the right to have health benefits'' card, but this really only means you have to take care of yourself. People are making it seem like their freedom is getting robbed from them when they have to live a little healthier.
that's a whole other discussion but in short no i don't think the government is actively trying to make us unhealthy, but not taking measures to significantly improve our health. it starts at the food industry and it works its way to the health industry, we have the freedom to chose our rations and foe the most part what we eat and drink on a regular basis, it just so happens that if you chose the wrong lifestyle it becomes increasingly more difficult to stay healthy and at the end of the day is what drives our taxes and premiums up.
I disagree, healthcare is NOT a human right. What your saying is that you have a right which SOMEONE ELSE needs to provide. There is no other right like that; no one needs to provide you with whatever you need to exercise free speech, for example. Your right insofar as health goes is to be able to make informed decisions on what kind of life style you are living. You have a right to eat if you want, but it does not force me to provide you with food. you need to get your food yourself.
But what you're suggesting deprives people of what they have rightfully earned, and people cannot forcefully deprive people of their rights to benefit another. A socialist is fine with that because individuals are not important, society is looked at as a whole. That's not the thinking this country was founded on though, and socialism tends not to work out very well.
I drink on weekends, but I'm not addicted, so the fact that someone could be addicted is irrelevant. And this will sound cold, but quite frankly someone else's addiction is their problem, not mine. I have enough of my own problems, I don't want to be dragged into others issues. And your point about addition is irrelevant as I've said, most obese people are not addicted, they don't know know, care or both about being healthy.
So be it. Honestly, I'm tired of this culture of excuses we're in. I don't see many people worrying about helping me fix my problems. And quite frankly, I'm ok with that. As a free, responsible citizen of my country, I will figure out my own issues.
If they set conditions that have to be met before you can get insurance, that would be discrimination.
Have two accidents (or maybe even one) and your rates will skyrocket. So the stick incentive isn't gone.
I agree
Wow , sorry sir but you need to experience living in another part of the world.
Goods and services in exchange for goods and services is a pretty old concept.
Not everyone has access to a good $$$ job , you shouldn't deny a human basic right to LIVE decently. Do you have no heart?
You should contribute something instead of posting vague insults.
Not quite, there is an exemption for small restaurants that have at most a few locations. the realty is that only big chain restaurants do, which there are only a few of if you look at all the local ones around. I really think people will skip mcds because its unhealthy but then have a more unhealthy burger at a local restaurant that doesn't need to post nutrition data.
Not insulting the guy itself ( you ) , but the mentality is dangerous.
Type 2 yes, but type 1 is genetic. I think theres also diabetes caused by pregnancy that ends when the pregnancy does.
i thought that went without saying, considering type 1 would count as "preexisting conditions" per the OP. I've also seen that occasionally women who become diabetic during pregnancy can keep it after birth, unfortunately
I don't believe in entitlements because it causes people to depend on the system, not themselves. That's the most dangerous thing you can do, because when you depend on others to provide your basic necessities you are giving them your freedom.
You're right, not all, just most http://www.diffen.com/difference/Type_1_Diabetes_vs_Type_2_Diabetes
It is cheapest to eat healthy though, and really the number on cause of healthcare problems is diet.
So you're saying everyone can be indipendent healthcare-wise?Give everyone a good $$$ job. Does this match reality? Nope.
False.
First, this is what welfare is, not whatever nonsense you're claiming it is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare
I work at McD's, so I think I can offer a bit of insight here on price. 2 people both getting a value meal often costs about 10-12 dollars. If you walk into a grocery store, do you know what you can buy with 10-12 dollars? You could get any variety of frozen vegetable, a whole chicken or chicken breasts frozen, a loaf of bread, and a bunch of bananas, for starters. I don't know about Italy but right here in the middle of Illinois it's cheaper to eat in than to visit a fast food joint
Chaos theory confirmed tinman
The cheapest food is the worst food for you. Poor people eat dollar menu all day every day.
