tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post1496666076000857018..comments2024-03-25T14:09:25.720-05:00Comments on The Old Jarhead: Health Care CostsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-77915821432061576642009-04-29T17:52:00.000-05:002009-04-29T17:52:00.000-05:00The strong take from the weak and the smart take f...The strong take from the weak and the smart take from the strong - MGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-66800114783167129112009-04-28T18:10:00.000-05:002009-04-28T18:10:00.000-05:00Americans need to eat healthier if they want lower...Americans need to eat healthier if they want lower medical costs. However this seldom happens. Eating unhealthy diets has become the norm. I think that insurance compainies should be able to charge extra money for those who decide to put their bodies at greater risk while rewarding those who eat healthy and or exercise. I do not want to have to pay for other to let there bodies go to crap while I keep my healthy. If they want to eat their Micky Dee's let them also pay for the consequences of it instead of shifting the cost to me.LUCKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09433104530419820058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-77796194158758411162009-04-28T08:54:00.000-05:002009-04-28T08:54:00.000-05:00I think that there needs to be more done than "inf...I think that there needs to be more done than "informing" Americans about diet and exercise in order to make a sizable dent in the epidemic of obesity which results in many of these chronic conditions. One would have to been living on the moon to remain unaware of the negative health consequences of obesity. Until individuals have skin in the game, in terms of economic incentives to become more healthy, they will continue to follow the easy route. I'm not sure how that can be accomplished, but a carrot and stick method seems to be the only way to achieve any measurably significant goal in reducing chronic disease.Mad Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438220184765719576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-66422943349275098292009-04-28T08:03:00.000-05:002009-04-28T08:03:00.000-05:00These are chronic diseases that 1) could be preven...These are chronic diseases that 1) could be prevented if people would stop eating garbage 2) stop going to the doctor every time they burp thinking they have a disease. <br /><br />Doctors and pharmaceutical companies have learned to pander to the neediness of people by inventing diseases for every thing they can imagine. <br /><br />The real disease is people not wanting to be responsible. They want a pill so they can eat the garbage at McDonalds. They don't want to spend time with their kids cooking a meal together so they justify feeding crap from fast food restaurants to their kids by claiming "they don't have time to cook." In fact, it probably takes no more time to put a good meal together than it does to drive to a junk food joint. <br /><br />If you don't eat right then you get sick. A few people are pre-disposed to disease but not most. Of course that doesn't make anyone "special" nor does it allow them to eat irresponsibly.Samantha Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070709037999458271noreply@blogger.com