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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Healthy people cost more. Obese people have a higher yearly cost but they die quicker and therefore require less healthcare spent on them than say a 90 year old person who lived a healthy lifestyle but now needs complete care givers for the next decade.
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I was watching a talk show on the I Channel many years ago (90's I think) where they were discussing tax on tabacoo ... the were saying smokers cost the healthcare system something like 2 billion dollars a year at that time and the tax they collected from tobacoo exceeded that number by a lot , can't remember by how much .... they also said facts are smokers die younger and the longer you live the more you cost the healthcare system ... also agree with incentives to encourage healthy lifestyles ...