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Old 08-31-2013, 10:37 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 post. I couldn't have said it better. All the other stuff could be a topic for another thread.