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I was just listening to the radio and heard that a Sydney professor has recommended to all private health insurers to charge more for their premiums to cover the almost $2000 extra that they cost in charges each year.
Well let me tell you I just saw RED. Isn't that classed as discrimination?. Isn't that like saying that because your a woman you should pay more, or because you are black or asain you should pay more? Do we ask people who have Anorexia or Bulimia to pay more (and let me tell you some of the treatments to get them to gain weight is atronomical), do we ask smokers to pay more, Alcoholics to pay more.and really I could go on and on.
If this is passed and so called OBESE people have to pay more for private medical treatment, many will pull out and the public system will implode, and more than that hopefully someone will mount an anti discrimination case against the private insurer and I'll be the first to sign up.
Gosh women who are fat and smoke and drink, want to also hope that they are very rich .
Health care is messed up all over the place.there are so many problems I don't even know where to begin.
well obese people unite and go sit on them and squeeze the breath out of them and see how they like it. Its not like people choose to be obese. PRivate medical places wont have many people left in it soon, what next, if you have blonde hair you have to pay more. well come on we all know blondes arent very clever, there for prone to more accidents etc. . (just kidding, sorry to all the blondes I may have upset)
I think just stating obese people is misleading. Some people who are overweight/obese aren't as unhealthy as they might appear. Surely they should base it on an overall fitness test? Taking into account weight in combination with blood pressure and other tests to evaluate fitness . I mean, that is if they are serious about it. Or offer more motivation to help people lose weight.
And why not add people who smoke, pregnant women, people who play contact sport . all those kinds of things that potentially cost the health funds more?
Well that just makes me angry Surely they can't do that?
People who are obese don't choose to be that way. There are all sorts of factors that can contribute. For example - medication can cause weight gain and for a lot of people that particular side effect of the med is much better than the problem that they are treating in the first place. I could go on and on and on here but think I'll just go and fume in a corner intead.
I was just listening to the radio and heard that a Sydney professor has recommended to all private health insurers to charge more for their premiums to cover the almost $2000 extra that they cost in charges each year.
Well let me tell you I just saw RED. Isn't that classed as discrimination?. Isn't that like saying that because your a woman you should pay more, or because you are black or asain you should pay more? Do we ask people who have Anorexia or Bulimia to pay more (and let me tell you some of the treatments to get them to gain weight is atronomical), do we ask smokers to pay more, Alcoholics to pay more.and really I could go on and on.
If this is passed and so called OBESE people have to pay more for private medical treatment, many will pull out and the public system will implode, and more than that hopefully someone will mount an anti discrimination case against the private insurer and I'll be the first to sign up.
I would expect life insurance premiums to be higher, rather than health insurance. After all, I have met a lot of morbidly obese people through work and these are the people who do cost the taxpayer money because they are really sick people. They don't even have health insurance because they cannot afford it on the disability pension. The key there is morbidly obese as opposed to being overweight or even obese. Speaking as a self-proclaimed fattie, I really feel for anyone who suffers with a weight problem. Slugging taxes or higher premiums on people who struggle with weight is not going to solve the problem.those who actually do pay will probably opt out as someone has said and not only that they would feel incredibly demeaned as well. Being overweight/obese can sometimes be a lifestyle choice but not always.I haven't seen this Sydney professor but I bet he's fairly lean.
To paraphrase Shakespear's Julius Caesar
Let me have men about me that are fat.
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
he thinks too much, such men are dangerous
Well let me tell you I just saw RED. Isn't that classed as discrimination?. Isn't that like saying that because your a woman you should pay more, or because you are black or asain you should pay more? Do we ask people who have Anorexia or Bulimia to pay more (and let me tell you some of the treatments to get them to gain weight is atronomical), do we ask smokers to pay more, Alcoholics to pay more.and really I could go on and on.
If this is passed and so called OBESE people have to pay more for private medical treatment, many will pull out and the public system will implode, and more than that hopefully someone will mount an anti discrimination case against the private insurer and I'll be the first to sign up.
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Gosh women who are fat and smoke and drink, want to also hope that they are very rich .
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Health care is messed up all over the place.there are so many problems I don't even know where to begin.
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well obese people unite and go sit on them and squeeze the breath out of them and see how they like it. Its not like people choose to be obese. PRivate medical places wont have many people left in it soon, what next, if you have blonde hair you have to pay more. well come on we all know blondes arent very clever, there for prone to more accidents etc. . (just kidding, sorry to all the blondes I may have upset)
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I think just stating obese people is misleading. Some people who are overweight/obese aren't as unhealthy as they might appear. Surely they should base it on an overall fitness test? Taking into account weight in combination with blood pressure and other tests to evaluate fitness . I mean, that is if they are serious about it. Or offer more motivation to help people lose weight.
And why not add people who smoke, pregnant women, people who play contact sport . all those kinds of things that potentially cost the health funds more?
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Well that just makes me angry Surely they can't do that?
People who are obese don't choose to be that way. There are all sorts of factors that can contribute. For example - medication can cause weight gain and for a lot of people that particular side effect of the med is much better than the problem that they are treating in the first place. I could go on and on and on here but think I'll just go and fume in a corner intead.
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I was just listening to the radio and heard that a Sydney professor has recommended to all private health insurers to charge more for their premiums to cover the almost $2000 extra that they cost in charges each year.
Well let me tell you I just saw RED. Isn't that classed as discrimination?. Isn't that like saying that because your a woman you should pay more, or because you are black or asain you should pay more? Do we ask people who have Anorexia or Bulimia to pay more (and let me tell you some of the treatments to get them to gain weight is atronomical), do we ask smokers to pay more, Alcoholics to pay more.and really I could go on and on.
If this is passed and so called OBESE people have to pay more for private medical treatment, many will pull out and the public system will implode, and more than that hopefully someone will mount an anti discrimination case against the private insurer and I'll be the first to sign up.
I would expect life insurance premiums to be higher, rather than health insurance. After all, I have met a lot of morbidly obese people through work and these are the people who do cost the taxpayer money because they are really sick people. They don't even have health insurance because they cannot afford it on the disability pension. The key there is morbidly obese as opposed to being overweight or even obese. Speaking as a self-proclaimed fattie, I really feel for anyone who suffers with a weight problem. Slugging taxes or higher premiums on people who struggle with weight is not going to solve the problem.those who actually do pay will probably opt out as someone has said and not only that they would feel incredibly demeaned as well. Being overweight/obese can sometimes be a lifestyle choice but not always.I haven't seen this Sydney professor but I bet he's fairly lean.
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To paraphrase Shakespear's Julius Caesar
Let me have men about me that are fat.
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
he thinks too much, such men are dangerous