Should obese people be required to pay higher insurance?

The government shouldn't do this. Private insurance companies should be allowed to charge based on whatever criteria they decide.

 

Here is the link... http://www.saturdaygazettemail.com/News/200910221263

 

I believe this is not only a slippery slope, but one that is sure to be disastrous in the long run.

 

This seems to me to fly in the face of the whole "pre-existing conditions" thing.

So politicians think that a person should pay more for medical insurance if they are fat or smoke but not if a person has heart disease or cancer which are caused by bad diet and smoking?

 

You'll live through it. :smilewinkgrin:

 

I think companies should do what they feel is necessary. I don't believe the government should tax people based on their weight, height, or their eating habits. The private companies should be allowed to charge whatever they feel is fair for someone who may be classified as "high risk". I was turned down for term life insurance because of my weight. The man I spoke with tried entering my weight significantly less than what it actually was. When I corrected him on the form he filled out, I got a notice in the mail declining me.

 

This is a difficult thing, because you simply can't go by weight. Some people are very stocky and weigh a lot. And some people are thin. I used to work with a fellow that was around 6'7" and built like an offensive lineman for professional football. If he got down to 250 lbs. all his ribs would have showing.

So, you would need a physical to determine how much body fat you have. You can't simply go by a height to weight factor.

 

Nobody has a right to insurance. It is a for profit business and it is doing very well the past few years. One who engages in risky activities often cannot get life insurance.

 

When you are talking about the government all bets are off where it comes to logic or fairness.

 

Weight doesn't necessarily indicate health (or lack of). I am a little overweight (like 10lbs) and am pretty healthy. My FIL is thin and is a brittle diabetic. The man who used to read our electric meter each month was lean and muscular but last week fell down dead from heart disease.

 

I was oese by my own doing, however if one has problems that is not caused by obesity, what can thet do?
Some people with health problems are obese because of medicine they must take. Many people takr steroids, not by choice and some have thyorid problems thereforth they cannot lose weight. These people are not doing any criminal activity. There is too much control stripping our citizens where the government should keep their nose out of the health business. There are only a few Doctors in Congress. Ron Paul is a medical doctor. I don't know how many congressmen has a profession of a health physican.
The Congress should just go home and we pay them a salart anyway. Our country would get along fine if thet were to stay home. All Washington won't is to be able to put citizens under control.

 

:thumbs::thumbs:It sure is Robert
Faithgirl

 

I don't recall God ever saying "love your neighbor unless he's fat".
Every life if precious to God and should be to us whether a person is too fat or too skinny or eats too much sugar. I don't mind one bit paying extra for those who don't take care of themselves (including myself) because I know they are just as important to God as the person who is obsessed with their health.

If we as Christians buy into the belief that some are more worthy than others, then we must also concede to the idea that it's ok to abort a deformed fetus.

 

And, many times obesity is a direct result of depression. So if it is caused by depression, should people with mental/emotional disorders have to pay more because it could lead to obesity?