MyDogHsFleas
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join:2007-08-15
Austin, TX
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Re: Prices
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your smokes, which kill you and cost the rest of us a butt load of money so you can smoke,
The amusing/ironic/counterintuitive thing is that actually smokers cost our country less because they die quicker and don't draw their social security, and don't have such long drawn-out hospital costs before death (lung cancer/heart disease/emphysema kills you pretty quick, and once you're declared terminal, you just go to the hospice or home to die, not really that expensive compared to everything else). |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | Uhhh, health care costs for smokers cost us considerably. Although health care costs for fat people cost us more. But just because there are more fat people than smokers. One treatment of lung cancer > lifetime of social security checks.. |
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fiberguy
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join:2005-05-20
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You're kidding, right? 
Cute, however.
I'd have to disagree with you. There are many smokers that are uninsured for various reasons. Uninsured people are usually not seen for their health problems until they reach a stage III or IV. Those people are often only getting treatment in emergency rooms (which is where the "no one is to be turned away" comes to play) where it costs at least 10 times more to treat them than it would if they were to 1) simply stop 2) get early treatments which cost pennies on the dollar compared to the ER treatment.
But, your take on the path to death of these smokers isn't really accurate. The numbers on how much it cost to treat a smoker is out there, and too, disagrees with you. |
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fiberguy
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| reply to Ahrenl
said by Ahrenl  :One treatment of lung cancer > lifetime of social security checks.. ... who often also can start drawing SSI long before retirement for a life long career of disabilities. |
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MyDogHsFleas
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join:2007-08-15
Austin, TX | yeah I was wrong thanks people. |
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