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Obesity and health care in the US
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RE: Obesity and health care in the US
January 4, 2015 at 2:17 pm (This post was last modified: January 4, 2015 at 2:28 pm by JuliaL.)
(January 4, 2015 at 2:01 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: would our healthcare system rank better if we were less obese?
I'm not smart or informed enough to say with authority.
My opinion is that we made a decision as a society some time ago to hide the cost of healthcare from its consumers. Government payments, insurance whose premiums come from employers and hospital secret price lists keep the public from even guessing what the price tag is. Because of this public enforced disinterest, doctors, hospital administrators, malpractice attorneys and insurance company CEOs are able to siphon off vast quantities of cash without the dampening effects of a competitive marketplace.
None of these effects are strictly due to obesity.
But I agree, we'd be healthier, and a lot more attractive if we weren't collectively so fat.
And I'm off to the 'Y' to do my part.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? Huh
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Obesity and health care in the US

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Obesity and health care in the US - by CapnAwesome - January 4, 2015 at 1:47 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by Natachan - January 4, 2015 at 1:55 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by CapnAwesome - January 4, 2015 at 1:57 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by JuliaL - January 4, 2015 at 1:58 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by CapnAwesome - January 4, 2015 at 2:01 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by JuliaL - January 4, 2015 at 2:17 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by abaris - January 4, 2015 at 2:14 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by CapnAwesome - January 4, 2015 at 2:22 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by Minimalist - January 4, 2015 at 2:09 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by CapnAwesome - January 4, 2015 at 2:12 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by Dystopia - January 4, 2015 at 2:29 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by abaris - January 4, 2015 at 3:28 pm
RE: Obesity and health care in the US - by Dystopia - January 4, 2015 at 3:36 pm

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