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Old 08-31-2013, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by buggyone View Post
The above poster says that age related health issues take up most health costs. Of course they do - but the issue of the thread is that smokers will not be hired in a hospital. It is not that old people will not be hired in that hospital.

Their issue is that generally smokers are a bad health insurance risk based on actuarial tables. Old people are, too, but they are not applying for jobs! We are retired!
Good point. And not only that, you can't prevent getting old or the breakdown of the body that comes with it, and the increased health care costs. You can prevent the breaking down of the body that's caused by smoking.