Do you believe that we should remove healthcare benefits for those who choose unhealthy lifestyles?

Question

would it be unethical? and who specifically would they restrict it for?

Answer 1

no...at what point would we stop calling the things we do "unhealthy lifestyle choices"? Would a health insurance company start increasing our rates because we drive a car? Driving cars may lead to being involved in an accident. And what about working in the garden? We might pick up the tetanus germ if we plant flowers in the soil. And what about walking? We might break our leg on the cracked concrete. And will they develp a blood test to test if you've eaten a cheeseburger from McDonald's in the past month?
I realize you mean smoking and drinking and over eating and under exercising, but living life can be just as hazardous. That is why we pay the premiums that we do for our health insurance. That is why we pay for it ourselves rather than it be the government's responsibility.
Life is uncertain...we know nothing of how we'll die.

Answer 2

People with unhealthy lifestyles are already paying more for their insurance. If they can't afford insurance on their own, they have to seek out employers who provide insurance and, in some cases, have to take really sh*tty jobs just so they can have the health insurance.

Unfortunately, it's NOT just people with unhealthy lifestyles that have to do this. Sometimes, it's just bad luck (bad genes or an accident) that pushes people into the "high priced insurance" category and, again, they either fork over the premiums themselves or have to look for a job that provides insurance as a benefit or they do without medical care.

People that are judgmental and thinks people with "unhealthy" lifestyles should be "punished" in some form would take a different view if it was their health or their loved one's health at stake.

Answer 3

No, not really, (it'd be unreasonable & unrealistic) people have a right to services, benefits, and all kinds of privileges available equally, whether or not they choose to live a healthy life, unfortunately we can only change the world by doing our part and doing our best.

People are constantly dealing with issues, past and present and not everyone is educated enough in this area or healthy conscious to choose the right path, because of various reasons, we simply can't judge others as we don't know their circumstances or reasons of pain.
Whether they have reasons or not, it'd be anti constitutional if that happened, perhaps in Cuba, this could take place. but we are very fortunate to live in this beautiful country. Thank God for America.

Answer 4

great question! while i think it may be unethitical to completely remove benefits for those who chose unheatlhy livestyles, i do think there should be some way for those who chose healthy lifestyles to be compensated for doing so, ie., pay LESS. in some countries, for instance, you cannot have elective surgery for up to a year after quitting smoking. smokers in particular are a HUGE burden on the healthcare system. then you have drunk drivers and their contribution to non-elective surgeries on non-elective participants and their now, for the most part grief-stricken families. yes i firmly believe those with unhealthy lifestyles should be somehow penalized. as a hard working tax payer who leads a healthy lifestyle, i am penalized with every dollar i earn.

Answer 5

Good question! I have a sister who totally refuses to be responsible for herself. She's 38! I certainly had no problem removing her from my home, that's for sure, but healthcare is a dicey one because many diseases are communicable that is-they can be spread to people who DO try to take care of themselves. Unfortunately, many of these people are parents, so you have the question of who will take care of their children should something happen to them or how will their children be protected from the spread of disease? Where will these people be housed as their illnesses progress and they are no longer able to take care of themselves? So, as appealing as the idea sounds I think healthcare benefits for these fools is the lesser of two evils. Who knows? They might get smart some day.

Answer 6

it is not a case of BELIEVING something of the style. anybody is BORN that way, that is not any longer a disease (W.H.O.) and that's maximum genuinely no longer from determination. for this reason, as i could haven't any say interior the challenge, it would not be for me to alter my ideas as there is not any longer something over WHICH to alter it. in simple terms because of fact some previous bloke wrote approximately it using a stick interior the sand 1000's of years in the past (and are available to think of of it he become in all probability drawing photos because of fact they did no longer understand WHAT writing become in those days - and if he become drawing photos approximately homosexuality, in simple terms WHAT become he drawing.....) does no longer mean that what he wrote or portrayed become superb, trouble-free, clever or perhaps any of his company interior the 1st place !

Answer 7

I don't know about that. But I did hear of a company that gave its employees an ultimatum. Stop smoking within the year or your fired. I thought that was so great.

Answer 8

*No that would be crazy.What about the family members of these people?Why should they suffer.Anyways,a large amount of the the population wouldn't be able to survive.*

Answer 9

how do you prove something like that, unless they are obese or blind drunk with a cigarette hanging from there mouth you wouldn't be able to tell.

Answer 10

No!! I think that sounds asinine!!.....