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ACA and smoking October 25, 2013 8:05 pm RobVG

Affordable Care Act: Smoking sends health premiums higher

And you better not lie about it.

I’ve been insured for 25 years through 7 different providers. I have never once been asked if I smoked.

Oh well, it’s the smokers driving up costs to insurers. Makes good business sense.

  • Bad drivers hate that their record is known to their auto insurers too. by alcaray 2013-10-26 19:01:18
    • What a load of horse shit by Jody 2013-10-26 09:17:49
      • Are you and I the only smokers left here by FrankC 2013-10-26 18:40:46
        • A lot of employers are asking that now. by ER 2013-10-26 10:54:39
          • BINGO by Jody 2013-10-26 11:07:03
          • I don't get the indignation here. by TB 2013-10-26 10:11:43
            • "You don't drink don't smoke, what do ya do?" by RobVG 2013-10-26 11:11:27
              • looks like a trade-off by Robert 2013-10-26 19:55:59
                • It's easy to dump on smokers. by ER 2013-10-26 21:49:36
                  • Single payer, the universal solvent. by Robert 2013-10-27 21:35:42
                    • They cost me money. They harm my health. by alcaray 2013-10-27 16:09:56
                      • They aren't apologetic. Instead they are quite strident. by alcaray 2013-10-27 16:10:38
                  • "It’s one thing when your insurance company asks if you smoke. It’s another when it’s a government condition for using the health exchange." by ER 2013-10-26 11:41:09
                    • "Shoppers" by RobVG 2013-10-26 12:09:56
                      • It's fraud if you do it directly to an insurance company, too. by alcaray 2013-10-26 14:51:25
                        • The government isn't selling you the insurance. by ER 2013-10-26 13:19:26
                          • EDIT: by ER 2013-10-26 13:43:12
                            • I can't argue with any of that. n/t by RobVG 2013-10-26 18:27:27
                            • Still digging. by RobVG 2013-10-26 13:42:41
                      • I didn't say it shouldn't... by Jody 2013-10-26 10:39:31
                    • Cripes, my car insurer asks if we smoke. by TB 2013-10-25 20:37:05
                      • That was initially a matter of attention to the road . . . by DanS 2013-10-27 11:19:19
                        • Not inane. Mostly, it's statistics. by TB 2013-10-27 11:35:26

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