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HEALTH COSTS: A WEIGHTY ISSUE
June 28, 2005
The BenefitsBlog has a collection of links on the tie between obesity and health costs.
Two solutions come to mind:
1. Let insurers charge fat people higher rates.
2. Impose futile but lucrative taxes on junk food.
Which do you think is more likely?
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That one's easy:
Both.
Hey, why should the gummint get all the "filthy lucre?"
Posted by: hgstern | June 28, 2005 10:53 AM
There is no way the American Media is going to let the higher food costs go unscrutinized, but the higher insurance could very well be implemented with minimal knowledge. Maybe it already has?
Posted by: Dale Hanks | June 28, 2005 2:26 PM