Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Buddy Holly was healthy as a horse and dies at 22 in a plane crash Natalie Wood was 43, beautiful, healthy, and drowned. They all appeared to be healthy, happy people. Then life happened. You are 72, and while you may be healthy at least by your definition, I doubt you are very happy. That comes through in your vibe, even though you don't think so I'm fairly sure. I do, however, wish you the best. |
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I'm saying don't punish people because they get sick. You can have a healthy lifestyle and get cancer. You can have an unhealthy lifestyle and not get sick. How do you know the future? This whole thread is ridiculous and unfair by your rules. and I am out of it.
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About happiness: I can tell you one thing, being healthy makes it so much easyer to feel a sense of contentment and happiness. I wish more people would try it. Last edited by Villages PL; 09-14-2013 at 12:40 PM. |
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Who would set the acceptability bar for those who choose to take higher risks? If someone exercises daily but eats fried food, should they pay a higher premium than someone who doesn't exercise and eats salads? The intricacies would be unmanageable. Who would monitor the "risky behavior" and deem it has been discontinued for a long enough period? Not only is it an unwieldy and impossible idea, but there is something mean about the idea of penalizing anyone who is less than perfect.
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Seems everyone should be penalized for something except for one poster..........
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When our health practices and everyone else's health practices become uppermost in our minds, when we balk at tests that are considered to be important by most doctors and when we spend most of our time thinking about how we can improve other peoples health and worry about how their unhealthy practices will cost us money.. Then something is wrong. It isn't being helpful or altruistic or beneficial, it is living out of balance....for most of us anyway. Life is too short to worry about this stuff all of the time. Making life longer may be the goal....but for WHAT????
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I agree. No one is suggesting that.
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If someone believes that a vegan diet is a healthy choice but another believes that cutting down on sugars and carbohydrates while eating meat who is going to decide who is correct. There are plenty of experts who have plenty of evidence supporting both of these choices. Health insurance as it exists in America today, by it's very nature shifts the costs from the least healthy to the healthiest of us. I really don't believe that there is anything you can do to alter that other than eliminate health care coverage completely and have everyone pay for their own health care out of their pockets.
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If you work for a company that provides group insurance, I suppose it depends on the employer to try to hire healthy people. Otherwise, rates might be much higher because of one or two people. The Affordable Care Act distinguishes between smokers and non-smokers. Whether or not they distinguish between normal weight, overweight or obese I don't know. I believe that Medicare could do what I'm suggesting regarding smoking and being overweight. I don't see why not. |
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Sadly some can never recognize their own mistakes and problems, just those of everyone else. Replies just feed this and keeps it going, I am out too..
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Me too. I had no intention to hurt but it is now an exercise in futility.
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Oh, I just remembered something important. Those who have a poor driving record will also pay a higher health insurance premium. Yes, because they will represent a higher risk for physical injury and may need long term care if they get into an accident. It's all about being an adult and paying for the risks you take.
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