Original Post Date: March 24, 2010
This legislation will just subsidize people's horrible eating habits. Now since insurance companies will have to cover a person no matter how horrible their diet effected their health. Why care about costs of cholesterol medication, blood pressure medication, etc.. when the government is going to send you a subsidized check to help pay for them? Now, I will be paying for the average American's horrible health along with their horrible diet with my tax dollars.
I found out my cholesterol level was almost 300 at age 27. My doctor told me I should "reduce" my intake of red meat, and dairy. Also I would be on two separate medications for the rest of my life. I could have accepted this I my fate and burden the health care industry with my rising health care costs. However, I finally became a vegan, my cholesterol dropped by half, and I do not take any medications. Actually I was able to stop taking two previous medications for acid reflux....
I am glad that people that have genetic, or contagious diseases will not be denied health care. There are many other great points in this bill. However, the bill did not have to be 2,000 plus pages and cost over a 1 Trillion dollars we do not have in this country. My health care bill would be pretty simple....
1. Stop eating like crap and getting your dinner out of a window.
2. Exercise every week.
3. The government should start subsidizing healthy foods to help poorer communities. Stop subsidizing the beef and diary industries.
4. tort reform
5. Allow insurance companies to compete across state lines like car insurance companies.
American's diet is breaking the back of our health care and this bill will just further it. Just like bad drivers get higher car insurance costs or lose insurance all together. People with bad diets need to take responsibility for their bad diets. After the individual tries everything in their own power to improve their health, then the government should step in and help them.
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