johntheman7's Blog

The head of Whole Foods is right! If we want to reduce healthcare costs, we have to allow private health insurers to charge fat people more for their coverage. Maybe three percent for each pound or percent someone is overweight. Add a big surcharge for smokers and a lesser one for ex-smokers. If you drink alcohol, up goes your premium.

Why should I pay more to support the fatties, smokers and drunks??

We don't need the government involved -- we just have to allow the private sector to work without stupid regulations.

Here's what Delos Cosgrove, the CEO of the Clevland Clinic had to say about it:

"Cosgrove says that if it were up to him, if there weren’t legal issues, he would not only stop hiring smokers. He would also stop hiring obese people. When he mentioned this to me during a recent phone conversation, I told him that I thought many people might consider it unfair. He was unapologetic.



“Why is it unfair?” he asked. “Has anyone ever shown the law of conservation of matter doesn’t apply?” People’s weight is a reflection of how much they eat and how active they are. The country has grown fat because it’s consuming more calories and burning fewer. Our national weight problem brings huge costs, both medical and economic. Yet our anti-obesity efforts have none of the urgency of our antismoking efforts."

I'm tired of carrying fat people around on my back!