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Old 01-10-2007, 10:16 PM   #3124
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Baby steps

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Originally posted by Not Bob
Do we really want the government or insurance companies to get (further) into this sort of analysis? Brave New World, indeed.
No, but the smokers sure as hell should be paying higher premiums. I figure this is the sort of the thing that those invisible hand afficionados would love.

(Actually, they do. HIPAA's portability provision has all sorts of "no denial for preexisting condition" sort of language, like Ah-nold's proposal. Everyone pointedly ignores that though the insurance companies can't deny coverage, they sure as hell can jack up the premiums.)
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