To: SheLion
ASH, along with these employers, argues that these policies are appropriate because they will reduce the increased health care costs associated with smoking. Maybe if there's enough of this, people will realize that letting your employer control your health insurance is a bad idea. Of course, many people still think government schools are a good idea, so maybe they won't connect the dots on this issue, either ...
8 posted on
05/21/2006 4:33:06 AM PDT by
Tax-chick
(Knights of Columbus martyrs of Mexico, pray for us! Viva Cristo Rey!)
To: Tax-chick
Maybe if there's enough of this, people will realize that letting your employer control your health insurance is a bad idea People don't like change. The only way to get them to accept an idea is to promise them more unfortunately.
14 posted on
05/21/2006 5:00:01 AM PDT by
EVO X
To: Tax-chick
The hypocrisy remains since those businesses that have banned smoking have not cut their insurance costs and they cannot guarantee they will not go up.
16 posted on
05/21/2006 5:09:27 AM PDT by
secret garden
(Dubiety reigns here)
To: Tax-chick
Maybe if there's enough of this, people will realize that letting your employer control your health insurance is a bad idea. Of course, many people still think government schools are a good idea, so maybe they won't connect the dots on this issue, either ...If smoking makes health care more costly then health care cost should be at their lowest historical rates since the 50's, since smoking has decreased per capita since then.
17 posted on
05/21/2006 5:09:53 AM PDT by
SheLion
To: Tax-chick
If smoking makes health care more costly then health care cost should be at their lowest historical rates since the 50's, since smoking has decreased per capita since then.I put that in bold so it would catch the eye. But you know what I mean. Smoking has reported to have dropped over the years, so blaming higher health care on smokers shouldn't be the problem anymore.
It's all the illegal aliens that our hospitals have to treat that is forcing us to have higher health care costs.
20 posted on
05/21/2006 5:21:41 AM PDT by
SheLion
To: Tax-chick
If smoking makes health care more costly then health care cost should be at their lowest historical rates since the 50's, since smoking has decreased per capita since then.I put that in bold so it would catch the eye. But you know what I mean. Smoking has reported to have dropped over the years, so blaming higher health care on smokers shouldn't be the problem anymore.
It's all the illegal aliens that our hospitals have to treat that is forcing us to have higher health care costs.
21 posted on
05/21/2006 5:21:44 AM PDT by
SheLion
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