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Will ObamaCare punish lifestyle choices?

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    Smokers, obese Americans cost billions in medical care

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Sell at a high cost of caring for the sick now shouldered by us all thank -- obamacare experts -- society was out wrestle with whether to elect a sick live.

-- -- The recent AP story interviews bio ethicists about how to treat that people.

Your freedom is likely to be someone else's arm said one expert -- -- say the same thing about free lover mountain climbing.

Anyway now it's time to start shaming the -- -- they cost us billions and medical care.

Where is this headed Welsh government pays for your health care than they can decide who lives or dies based on what behavior they dislike.

He cannot be -- to lose weight than to quote the peace want to just let these health sinners -- Annual health care costs are roughly 96 billion for smokers -- 147 billion for the appease the government says.

And that's the big point the government says.

When everyone else pays for your care withholding care is their call your depth improves the bottom line.

But maybe one way we can conserve our health care resources is to eliminate bio ethicists.

-- never met a bio ethicists and elect to keep it that way I'm sure you feel essential -- -- bite them all to Camp David.

I'm -- the president could use a few running targets.

We'll just tell them it's the fox news company picnic.

Did if you look at -- rationing of care in the UK it's inevitable that someone is gonna determine who gets a new hip but who doesn't George get that line from you say can you ask me this question.

Cataracts are to NASDAQ questions and -- added to your monologue because it was such a brilliant point that's been in other is somebody an -- There's a limited amount of resources even make -- tax everybody however much they want there will be come a point when the government the panels are going to have to decide.

OK well then we should get a hit for this person or not an expert saying it and when I -- they've done is -- More allowed more competition into the system because then we can all decide for ourselves whether or not we want to pay for.

Here are not rather than -- the government decide -- there should -- hits are us.

Could you please locked in I'll take that hit don't -- this hit -- first they had a bye bye to get one free exactly.

-- -- -- get for free but yet it's all over the.

Why don't they don't say your personal life this argument you've gone well before Obama cares I would -- obamacare and business out of the if those of us who smoke and -- -- if we're gonna die earlier we're gonna save you a lot of money trail okay.

Because you -- -- -- is -- -- if you stay healthy these runners and marathon is -- gonna get all the gonna have.

All signed now now and they cause a lot of money out here you can go -- -- a lot of money in the five years before you die in in health -- aided its its.

Obviously obviously -- people who smoke use double Lotta healthcare not really that Saddam may not -- at all.

There's always -- really don't I don't know if it's hard to have dead tomorrow then then that means that somebody that -- -- -- -- case if that's the case then why wouldn't health insurance premiums be lower for smokers.

Not -- not.

A life insurance health insurance premiums and missed it they would be lower gas -- a big -- -- you know why because they're consistently probably sicker.

Or more six -- during -- -- -- get more clues in that well I don't know whatever sinus infections sounds like that's that's what I get although I am quitting Andrea -- but.

Guy.

Tackle you quit on Sunday.

-- don't don't don't push them individually and I'd never say I quit smoking because I know that right around Friday.

Outspoken -- And this is a couple reports that one says -- -- -- he'll be should live longer one and get you.

I think if you smoke you actually live longer gap or else it just seems like it's more fun yet I mean why be so bloody so bummed out by having give us that you like I don't understand.

-- -- -- I hate the fact -- that is not the -- The health that.

A debt it's your health but they're implying that you're hurting other people's -- like smoking outside actually affects -- I -- I don't think this is beyond this that the smokers -- -- -- point Israel and President Obama came out he said there's gonna have to be very difficult conversation.

That takes place.

Which means cuts in reimbursements to doctors and hospitals.

Maybe smokers but also cancer patients the disabled they're the most expensive smokers are expensive long term care -- cancer drugs for lung cancer are extremely expensive.

Dana points -- -- see that happening in England but this is the biggest issue the cost containment and even president -- that maybe my grandmother.

Meaning she didn't need that hip Canada's own grandmother so it's a very real it's a real concerns he was the first one under the bus I -- -- As -- -- over the over the cliff for over the cliff for under the bus.

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