I spend more money on organic food, expensive supplements, and exercise self control. PLUS I spend much time researching how to beat diseases. The best way is to stay alkaline (not acidic). Cancer feeds on acid & meat is very acidic.

I switched to a purely vegan (no animal product) eating regime, gave up sugar, and even have switched to a RAW FOOD diet and am experiencing even better results, with more energy. I do not put drugs (medicine they call it) into my system, do not eat fast food, and most always prepare my own meals rather than have the convenience of eating out. I study the Bible which teaches me how to think, & rely on God in all situations & practice obedience to Him so that I do not experience deadly stress. He blesses me with friends & support & gives me the strength & hope to walk through it all, without experiencing deadly stress.

I work hard at staying healthy & keep up with the latest findings regarding dangerous vaccines, which I do not get for any reason. Therefore, I will not be using these services as someone who does what they want and when. I should not have to pay the same amount as others my age (58) because I have not been to the doctor for any reason; I am healthy. I pay for it through these ways listed above that others have saved money on.

But, implementing this on a national level will help to both alleviate cost concerns for healthy people and encourage unhealthy people to adopt better lifestyles. Of course, this is the U.S.A. though. So the problem will fester and the population will pay the price of degeneration because this country, despite it’s insistence on proclaiming itself “#1!”, acts like a retarded fool and a rabid dog at the same time. So I say do nothing! Or do something half-assed that looks good but doesn’t really solve the problem, like you people usually do. That way we that say “we told you so” can continue to at least enjoy the benefit of watching this insult to humanity of a country march along its road to collapse.

I already know what I need to do to be healthy and treat myself without professional medical assistance.

There needs to be a fair way to reward those who never take prescription drugs and visit the medical scam facilities.

The notion that genetics is a cause for health problems has become a good excuse our society has fallen for. It is a convenient way for doctors and drug companies to keep patients coming back and makes them dependent, not independent. Our medical care is out of control and has become socialized. The main reason we should all need health insurance is for emergency care.

Statistics show that alternative medicine is much more effective than traditional medicine. Health insurance companies need recognize these facts and honor these methods of treatment. And those using alternative medicine usually have healthy lifestyles to begin with.

Lifestyle is choice and it plays a very large role in your health. Why should I pay higher premiums to pay for fat lazy unfit smokers with poor diet that dont seem to give two hoots about their health? There are so many people like this out there.

If to be elligible for a super cheap health insurance premium I was required under the conditions to work out twice a week, or run 2 miles three times week, stay fit and eat healthy (i’m not exactly sure how they’d monitor all this) then i would be all about it. Your premiums would probably be halved.

Unfortunately under HIPAA it seems very difficult for insurers to offer these kinds of incentives.

Along with that principle, it would be charitable for those who do have better health to contribute something to the health costs of those who, through no fault or neglect of their own, are suffering with poor health and associated costs. Spreading that particular kind of health cost is good, but not the cost of those who deliberately neglect their health.

That said, and to be fair, there should be a more concerted effort to educate people who must purchase health insurance on healthy lifestyle methods to keep themselves healthy. And once the most appropriate lifestyle education is promoted, then premium discounts are appropriate and should be obligatory for the benefit of all who choose to live a better healthy lifestyle.

To promote and implement a plan that does not take all this into consideration and is fair to those who choose a better lifestyle and work to achieve it would be something like socialism, which is always degrading in a number of specific ways to society in the long run.

There are several factors that make universal health care almost unworkable. The most important is that health care resources are inadequate to handle the grand scope of the whole job. And most health care modalities (due to commercial interest) do not use the most effective means to achieving individual health. Especially, the overuse of medical drugs when doing so is usually unnecessary, according to many doctors. Perhaps the most important reason is that healthy people choose lifestyle and healing modes that are not profitable for the health industry generally.

Because you control your own driving, but you do not control many/most aspects of your physcial health. Out of the four factors measured, only one can be mostly considered under one’s control: nicotine usage. The rest, body mass, cholesterol, and blood-pressure all have components that for many are not simply related to lifestyle.