Comments on: Why can’t we make all smokers, obese people, and junkies ineligible for any medicare/medicaid assistance?

By: Jason 188

Jason 188 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:56:06 +0000

Where do we end this? Should people decline from marrying someone with red hair fair skin as this trait is more prone to skin cancer for fear of their offspring also developing cancer? A choice that could cost money. To start what you are suggesting is limitless to the amount of conditions that could come into play. Corporations of today want to deny you insurance coverage if you eat foods other than the ones THEY approve. Be careful what you wish for, the list of do don’t could become greater than what one would imagine. Why not close those companies making cigarettes? Why not close the fast food outlets? Why not make the war on drugs real instead of just paying lip service to it while people in high places get rich-er? Why, MONEY! Cigarette manufacturers WANT you to smoke! Money! Insurance companies WANT you to smoke, insurance cost more. Money! Hospitals WANT you to get sick. MONEY! Drug companies WANT you to get sick need drugs. MONEY! All aspects of illness translates into profit, don’t loss sight of this highly profitable, money making scheme. All the outcry against these things, yet they are very profitable protected under our government. Does our government represent the people or the corporation????

By: Ana Sharples

Ana Sharples — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:11:41 +0000

Hey you’re forgetting a few aren’t you?
What about motorcycle riders? people who drive cars for that matter? joggers? (lots of heart attacks, joint problems, etc) heart disease? (the leading cause of death in the US, most of time caused by life choices) people who sky dive? scuba divers? mountain climbers? people who drink diet drinks? people who take a wide variety of different prescription drugs? people who live by power lines? power plant workers? and the list could go on and on and on. In the end you could put almost everyone on ‘your list’.

By: Amari Duff

Amari Duff — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:48:25 +0000

Smoking = a choice? Not when cigarette makers push their addictive product to children, knowing that once past adolescence, very few people start smoking.

Obesity = a choice? Not when food manufacturers and fast food outlets push products with hydrogenated fats and chemical additives like MSG which are deliberately included for their addictive qualities.

Drug addiction = a choice? Not when Madison Avenue and our society as a whole push pills and booze as the solution to all our problems, including poverty, mental illness, and lives full of stuff but empty of meaning.

Being judgmental = a choice? Yes.

By: Mark Eldridge

Mark Eldridge — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:03:42 +0000

Smoking, being fat, being a drug addict describes many of our lawmakers. That’s why your proposal to cut medicare/medicaid benefits for these people will never pass.

By: Frances Williams

Frances Williams — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:25:50 +0000

Because our PC society doesn’t like to hold people responsible for the choices they make.

By: Hayley Sykes

Hayley Sykes — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:10:12 +0000

not all people who smoke get cancer. not all fat people are fat because of overeating. and for drug addicts? are you aware that prescription drug users can also become addicted?
you might also say this:
people who don’t work should not get public funding. it’s a choice not to work. shut up.

By: Byron Hough

Byron Hough — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:03:57 +0000

What u just described doing would cover about 99% of America
u might want to add being stupid and arrogant to your list that way you cover all of America including yourself

By: Sean Britton

Sean Britton — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:05:37 +0000

You are discriminating based on people’s choices of lifestyle.

You ask a seemingly innocent question, but at the root of your query is a fundamental disagreement with one of the founding principles of this country: that each person has the right to pursue their own happiness, whether or not people like you agree with them or not.

With that said, I do not support socialized medicine. But, even if I did, I don’t know that people like you should decide who DESERVES it and who doesn’t.

By: Roselyn Denton

Roselyn Denton — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:49:00 +0000

Great idea!! Right after we take all illegal aliens off them.

By: Alvin Carr

Alvin Carr — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:24:13 +0000

On the money………did someone acutally say that being a druggie is not a choice???????wtf???? so I guess they come out of the womb with a $20 sack nowadays!!!!!!