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Originally Posted by akprodr
Well, if a significant portion of the population has heart disease, due to salt intake, the whole population has to pay for their treatment. That's the way insurance works, the healthy pay to take care of the sick.
We need gov't because people are too stupid to make good decisions about themselves.
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wait. you're talking about private insurance? i'd be way more concerned about how private health insurance works than changing people's diets. private insurance companies? as if they need to make any more money?
big bag of bs. what about personal freedom and the etcs.
i'm no longer allowed to sue tobacco industries when i get sick, because they make an effort to tell me in EVERY pack how bad it is for me. Once I have that information, it is my choice.
mind you, the goverment is not exactly interested in seeing people live longer (unless their assets are going to be taken somehow).