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3299465[/url]]Sounds good. That is, so long as we also make sure that anyone who smokes pays $4000/month, anyone overweight pays $5000/month, and anyone who ever rides a motorcycle pays $6000/month. I think I might like this wonderful new authoritarian world we're creating!
Insurance should be risk based. You live in a hurricane corridor you should pay more for home insurance. You smoke you pay more for life insurance and you should pay more for health insurance.
Apparently the free market is authoritarian. Oh wait, if you don’t want to pay more you can “choose” to quit smoking or you can “choose” to move or you can “choose” to get a shot. I guess it’s all about actuaries measuring risk and people making choices…also known as authoritarianism.
Wait a second, maybe freedom of choice is only a good thing when there aren’t financial consequences that I agree with.