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Originally Posted by arsenal
And I don't really agree with the reasoning that we are giving being the price of health care is higher for unhealthy people.
Unhealthy people usually don't live as long as healthy people. So the overall cost of health care could in fact be more for a healthy person.
I guess part of it could be with smoking, the whole second hand smoke issue. Which is complete BS. Unless you are stuck in a room with everyone around you smoking for 8 hours a day, and no air circulation, you are not going to get sick from second hand smoke.
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I am curious where you get these ideas from, because the reality is the exact opposite of what you think.
The truth of the matter is that unhealthy people impart a
huge cost upon society, and not just in terms of health care costs either. This article aside, do you have any idea how much it costs to treat the litany of issues smoking causes, or the lifetime costs of treating obesity and its sequelae? Healthy people do not cost anything, and in fact contribute to the health care system through the tax dollars they provide.
And I see you have discovered the
exact threshold at which second hand smoke causes sickness in others. Please tell us how you have arrived at this conclusion, because medical scientists worldwide are having a bit more of a challenge with this apparently simple issue.
I don't mean to be an ass, but people like you do society as a whole a major disservice by propagating these ignorant myths. I implore you to pick up a book and actually read about these issues before you label such ideas as "BS".
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